Joe Rogan, once a vocal evangelist of New Atheist talking points on religion, now yearns for the "just and righteous" Kingdom of God and believes the world "needs Jesus...for real."
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“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,” Rogan 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,” he continued. “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.”
The host pointed out that the world is sinful and that the need for God is urgent.
“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,” he repeated.
Despite that Rogan admits the world needs Jesus, and “though raised Catholic, Rogan has revealed in the past that he does not subscribe to any particular religion.” The Christian Post observed that “he regularly expresses interest in secular spiritual practices and ideas.”
In the podcast, Rodgers puts forth that it’s important to believe in a higher power or conform to a religion.
He said, “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.”
He continued, “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.”
Rodger’s sentiments have softened from what they were five years ago. While the quarterback grew up as a Christian, in 2019, he critically questioned God’s existence because he couldn’t understand how, in the rapture, God will condemn his creations.
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