Could the religious revival some say is taking place in the United States be reaching the upper echelons of podcasting and cultural trendsetting?
If Joe Rogan's recent admission about his own faith is any indication, it may be.
The super successful podcaster and cultural critic, who has more than 20 million subscribers on YouTube and nearly 15 million followers on Spotify, said he enjoys church and sees the benefits of religion.
"It's a bunch of people who are going to try to make their lives better," Rogan told guests Konstantin Kisin, British political commentator and author of "An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West," and Francis Foster, co-hosts of the podcast "Triggernometry."
Joe Rogan: Religion is not 'nothing'
"They're trying to be a better person, and they're trying to — I mean, for me at least, the place that I go to — they, you know, they read and analyze passages in the Bible," Rogan shared. "I'm really interested in what these people were trying to say. Because I don't think it's nothing."
Rogan: Secular people dismiss Christianity as 'foolish'
"There's a lot of, like, atheists and secular people that just like to dismiss Christianity as being foolish. You know, 'It's just fairy tales.' I hear that amongst, you know, self-professed intelligent people, like, 'It's a fairy tale,'" Rogan said.
"I don't know if that's true. I think there's more to it. I think it's history, but I think it's a confusing history. It's a confusing history because it was a long time ago," Rogan said. "And it's people telling things in an oral tradition, then writing things down in a language that you don't understand in the context of a culture that you don't understand. And I think there's something to what they're saying."
Rogan praised Christianity and Jesus Christ.
"Christianity in particular is the most fascinating to me because there's this one person that everybody agrees existed that somehow or another had the best plan for how human beings should interact with each other and behave and was the best example of it and even died in a nonviolent way like, didn't even protest, died on the cross supposedly for our sins. Like it's a fascinating story," he said.
He also expressed respect for religion in general.
"When I watch super religious people that are praying five times a day, and I'm like, that is amazing. Like look how dedicated they are to that thing. Like there's an attractiveness to that," Rogan said in reference to Islam.
"If I was that dedicated to something, I'd probably be, like, way more stable in my life," Rogan said.
"I've got a friend who's a devout Muslim and he's and he's going through tough times at the moment, and I say to him like, 'How do you get through this?' And he's like, 'Bro, I've got my religion," responded Francis Foster, co-host of "Triggernometry." "'I've got God and I know everything's going to be okay.' He's a great guy. And he goes, 'I pray five times a day. It really helps me.' And it makes me realize and understand that what I'm going through is part of his plan."
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