{"id":2444166,"date":"2025-06-07T07:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T11:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-rogan-sticks-up-for-church-as-hes-confronted-by-skeptical-comedians\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T07:05:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T11:05:50","slug":"joe-rogan-sticks-up-for-church-as-hes-confronted-by-skeptical-comedians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-rogan-sticks-up-for-church-as-hes-confronted-by-skeptical-comedians\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan Sticks Up for Church as He\u2019s Confronted by Skeptical Comedians"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-rogan-sticks-up-for-church-as-hes-confronted-by-skeptical-comedians%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2444166&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent episode of his podcast, Joe Rogan discussed his attendance at church, prompted by a conversation about gout. Rogan confirmed that he has been attending a nondenominational church in Austin, Texas, noting that the atmosphere is positive and the people are striving to be better individuals. When asked about his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/switzerland-bans-face-coverings-in-public-including-religious-wear\/\" title=\"Switzerland Bans Face Coverings In Public, Including Religious Wear\">religious practices<\/a>, Rogan stated he has been sober for three months and mentioned his previous experience in a Catholic school, which he did not enjoy. He explained that his church experience is focused on Christianity rather than the Catholic faith.The discussion touched on broader themes, including the nature of creation and the comparison of belief in God versus scientific perspectives on the universe&#8217;s origins. Rogan articulated that he finds more sense in the Christian narrative than in certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-justice-department-pick-opposed-enforcing-civil-rights-laws-against-blacks\/\" title=\"Biden Justice Department Pick Opposed Enforcing Civil Rights Laws Against Blacks\">scientific theories<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Podcast host Joe Rogan defended being a church attender during an episode with his fellow comedians published on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The topic came up during a discussion about gout (an inflammatory arthritis) of all things and whether alcohol consumption is a cause.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Normand asked Rogan, &ldquo;Are you sober?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yeah, for three months,&rdquo; Rogan replied.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Wait, are you going to church too, or is that bulls***?&rdquo; Normand further queried.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have been to church,&rdquo; Rogan confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Oh, f***,&rdquo; Normand responded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Have you ever been to church before?&rdquo; Rogan asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been,&rdquo; Normand answered.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s actually very nice. They&rsquo;re all just trying to be better people. It&rsquo;s a good vibe,&rdquo; Rogan said.<\/p>\n<p>Another comedian then chimed in, asking why Rogan does not go to a Roman Catholic church.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Warning: Readers may find language in the following video offensive.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EDBFFgs6Ifs?si=CHwnEOnPpDjIHTx1&amp;start=8100\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rogan replied that he had already tried it. He has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/joe-rogan-turns-heads-stance-200432758.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a> that he briefly attended Catholic school as a boy and did not like it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If it&rsquo;s not Catholic, which one is it?&rdquo; Normand wondered.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s just a Christian church,&rdquo; Rogan said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/culture\/religion\/article\/joe-rogan-austin-church-bros-20349767.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chron<\/a> reported that the 57-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >podcast star attends<\/a> a nondenominational church in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Christian apologist Wesley Huff, who was a guest on Rogan&rsquo;s show in January, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lord-moving-former-mocker-christianity-joe-rogan-now-attending-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">d<\/a> on another podcast, &ldquo;And I can tell you for a fact that he is attending a church, and that has been a consistent thing, and so things are happening, and he&rsquo;s a very inquisitive individual, and I think for the better, in that he&rsquo;s communicating with me and other people in his life who are influences that can speak to into these issues.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rogan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sticking-jesus-joe-rogan-goes-viral-explaining-logic-christs-resurrection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hosted<\/a> TikTok personality Cody Tucker during a May program, and the two got into a discussion about the underlying assumptions behind the Big Bang Theory about creation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s always been something. Wouldn&rsquo;t it be crazier if there wasn&rsquo;t something at one point in time? That seems even crazier than there always has been something,&rdquo; Rogan postulated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There couldn&rsquo;t be nothing, and then all the sudden everything,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joe Rogan: &ldquo;People will be incredulous about the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but yet they&rsquo;re convinced that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/star-wars-may-the-fourth-tribute-excludes-disney-characters\/\" title=\"Star Wars May The Fourth Tribute Excludes Disney Characters\">entire universe<\/a> was smaller than the head of a pin, and for no reason than anybody&rsquo;s ever adequately explained to me &hellip; instantaneously became everything?&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sXJhMW2j2X\">pic.twitter.com\/sXJhMW2j2X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1921677547143905705?\">May 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What started that? What kicked that off? What snapped its fingers?&rdquo; Tucker asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Exactly,&rdquo; Rogan responded.<\/p>\n<p>He then made the point that believing creation started without a God takes more faith than believing the Christian narrative found in the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s funny because people will be incredulous about the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but yet they&rsquo;re convinced that the entire universe was smaller than the head of a pin, and for no reason that anybody&rsquo;s adequately explained to me, instantaneously it became everything?&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sticking with Jesus on that one. Jesus makes more sense,&rdquo; Rogan concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The Bible&rsquo;s book of Genesis records in the first chapter, &ldquo;In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, &lsquo;Let there be light,&rsquo; and there was light.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The apostle John adds, writing about Jesus, the Word: &ldquo;In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 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The conversation, which began with a discussion about gout and its potential link to alcohol, led Mark Normand to ask Rogan if he was sober. Rogan confirmed he had been sober for three months and Normand then inquired if he was also attending church. Rogan affirmed that he does go to church, prompting surprise from Normand. They discussed their experiences with church, with Rogan noting the positive atmosphere of people striving to be better individuals. When asked why he doesn&#8217;t attend a Catholic church, Rogan explained that he had tried it as a child but didn&#8217;t enjoy it; instead, he attends a nondenominational church in Austin, Texas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2444167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Rogan.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5643,36812,56717],"class_list":["post-2444166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-church","tag-joe-rogan","tag-skeptical-comedians"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Rogan.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444166"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2444170,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444166\/revisions\/2444170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2444167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}