At some point in every man’s life he wonders if God really exists. Joe Rogan is no different. The hard-working stand-up comedian, UFC commentator, and JRE podcast host is wildly successful at almost everything he touches. But does Rogan believe in God?
Joe Rogan is not religious but identifies as agnostic. While he was briefly raised Catholic, he neither practices nor follows any organized religion, particularly evangelical Christian beliefs. In a sense, he is deeply spiritual and employs both meditation and exercise to seek peace of mind.
Rogan is an advocate for someone believing whatever they want to believe, including Christianity, but they shouldn’t try to convince others to adopt their beliefs. He thinks believing that Jesus walked on water and rose from the dead is a stretch of the imagination.
“When are we going to get past this? When are we going to step up and say: No one knows, you don’t know, don’t say you know, if you say you know, you’re crazy.”
-Joe Rogan
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Joe Rogan’s Religion Is Spirituality and Psychedelics
Rogan takes psychedelics semi-frequently, especially his cherished dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and psilocybin mushrooms. On JRE podcast #1516, Rogan and Post Malone took mushrooms and recorded the podcast together.
DMT, dubbed by psychedelic expert Rick Strassman as “The Spirit Molecule” because of the out-of-body trips. Users have very trippy experiences, reporting the feeling that their souls are able to pass inside and outside of their bodies, and so forth.
Rogan says he prefers psychedelics over religion because: “Psychedelics are repeatable. You don’t have to convince anybody of it. If they smoke it, they will experience it.”
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Is Joe Rogan an Atheist?
Rogan is not an atheist but has called himself an “agnostic.” According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, an agnostic is “a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable.”
This definition sits perfectly with what we have heard Rogan say on the JRE Podcast before. It’s not that he doesn’t believe in God, or a Christian God, it’s that the subject on hand is “unknowable.” And that is where Rogan has his biggest issue with religion – when people try to convince others of something unknowable.
Joe Rogan’s Religion Growing Up
Joe Rogan practiced Catholicism and went to Catholic school until the first grade. His biological father had abandoned the family and stopped supporting him and his mother.
When he moved to San Francisco from the age of 7 to 11, his mom began experimenting with hippie practices. Rogan said that she used to go next door to a gay couple, get naked and practice yoga. His stepfather was also a hippie.
Rogan didn’t give much focus to religion growing up, instead focusing on his passion for karate and taekwondo. Later, into his 30s, when he started taking psychedelics and began to have incredible spiritual experiences.
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Joe Rogan on Christianity
Rogan’s main problem with Christianity is there is no evidence, facts or proof. Having to believe that Jesus walked on water, rose from the dead after 3 days, the burning bush, turning water into wine – there is no evidence to prove that actually happened, just hearsay from 1000’s of years ago.
Rogan is an advocate for believing whatever you want to believe, including Christianity, but don’t try to convince others that they should adopt your beliefs.
Joe Rogan on Catholicism: “It’s a cult. I grew up in it. It’s just a cult with a billion people. You got a guy who dresses like a wizard and he sits on a golden throne.”
“We are no longer excepting the idea of Satan, culturally. We have moved past Satan, but we haven’t moved past God.”
Joe Rogan
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Rogan thinks people take on religion to feel apart of a community of other “believers”, and need a system of infrastructure and morals that align to themselves.
And wouldn’t an eternity in heaven get boring at some point, when everything is great all the time?
“Instead of just celebrating and accepting what we know about life, we have to pretend that there is a heaven. And you are going to heaven when you die. Like what the f*** are you talking about?”
While these Joe Rogan Christianity quotes might seem harsh, he is not nearly as pessimistic as one would assume. The mantra, “believe what you want to believe, just don’t try to convince me of it” – suits Rogan best.
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