Speaking to NFL star Aaron Rodgers on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” podcast host Joe Rogan, known to be agnostic, said that he thinks the world needs religion and needs Jesus, particularly with how things are trending right now. The two discussed how the world needs God more than ever, with Rogan joking that now is a “good time” for Jesus to come back.
That came during the February 7 Joe Rogan Experience episode, with Rogan saying that the need for religion is becoming more and more obvious. In his words, “I think as time rolls on, people are going to understand the need to have some sort of divine structure to things, some sort of belief in the sanctity of love and of truth, and a lot of that comes from a religion.”
Continuing, Rogan argued that our ethical and moral codes are built around religion, with faiths thus informing how we see think about living the right way. He said, “A lot of people’s moral compass and the guidelines that they’ve used and follow to live a just and righteous life has come from religion.”
Rogan then explained the mindset behind people who dismiss religion, saying that their doing so is unfortunate. In his words, “And unfortunately, a lot of very intelligent people, they dismiss all the positive aspects of religion because they think that the stories are mere superstitious fairy tales, that they have no place in this modern world; ‘we’re inherently good, and your ethics are based on your own moral compass, and we all have one,’ and that’s not necessarily true.”
Next, Rogan said that “we need Jesus” right now, then used that to joke that now would be a “good time” for Jesus to return. In his words, “We need Jesus. For real, like if you came back now, like Jesus, if you’re thinking about coming back right now, now’s a good time. Now’s a good time.”
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Also during the episode, Rogan argued that there is a hefty dose of depressing nihilism built into the non-believing worldview, as nothing matters in the end. As he put it, “To not believe in a higher power means that really nothing we do matters, and ultimately, I live and I die, and that’s it. So whatever purpose you might have, it’s short-lived. It’s just for this. There’s nothing else going on.”
Continuing, Rogan noted that he had a hard time with religion and understanding that, but that he is working toward trying to get it right. He said, “I have a hard time with that because I believe there’s a seen world and an unseen world. And there’s forces of good and forces of evil, and that there’s a purpose for all this and there’s a lot of reasons why we’re doing this. There’s a lot of opportunities to do this. I’d like to get it right this time around.”
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