Joe Rogan attending church services 'consistently' after rejecting atheism
Self-styled atheist Joe Rogan has apparently found God.
The podcast star is now attending church services on a 'consistent' basis, according to one of his former guests, religious scholar Wesley Huff.
'Joe Rogan and I have had on and off communication since then,' Huff said of the January appearance. 'I can tell you for a fact that he is attending a church, and that has been a consistent thing.'
SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO
Huff said on the Know What You Believe podcast that he's stayed in contact with Rogan since that three-hour interview where the two men took a deep-dive into Christianity and the Bible.
'And so, things are happening,' Huff said of the podcaster's spiritual awakening during the May 20 podcast.
It comes just weeks after Rogan admitted he quit alcohol due to health concerns.
Huff added that Rogan is a 'very inquisitive individual' who has been looking for reliable and trustworthy sources of information regarding Scripture.
Huff noted that interest in Christianity was beginning to see a 'resurgence' in recent months, with many teenagers reportedly seeking out more information about the Bible.
'We had someone who reached out to us recently at Apologetics Canada, who is probably the last bricks-and-mortar Christian bookstore that I've ever heard of,' the 34-year-old scholar revealed.
'But they said, "We have people walking through our doors asking, young people, teenagers saying, "I want a Bible. All my friends are reading this thing,"' Huff continued.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Rogan for comment about Huff's claims.
The revelation that Rogan may have found religion comes just weeks after the podcaster said the resurrection of Jesus Christ seems more believable than the logic of the Big Bang theory.
The podcaster criticized how people doubt Jesus's resurrection while accepting the Big Bang as scientific truth.
'I'm sticking with Jesus. Jesus makes more sense. People have come back to life,' he said during the May 7 podcast with TikTok personality Cody Tucker.
Rogan has flip-flopped between being a believer and non-believer, something he attributes to a difficult childhood.
He has previously said growing up he was 'pretty atheist' but became spiritual after the death of his grandfather.
During the January interview with Huff, Rogan was left stunned after being gifted what his guest claimed was evidence Jesus was real.
Huff handed Rogan a replica of what Christians say is one the oldest known manuscripts of the Bible, known as Papyrus 52, which is believed to be the oldest excerpt of the long-lost Gospel of John in the Bible.
Thought to have been written nearly 2,000 years ago, the artifact details how Jesus stood trial and some consider it eyewitness testimony from the period leading up to his crucifixion.
Huff, the son of missionaries, was born in Pakistan and grew up surrounded by religion, saying his family had the Bhagavad Gita [Hindu scripture], the Book of Mormon, and the Koran on the shelf.
Huff's claims that Christianity is seeing a comeback in 2025 have merit, as a new poll recently revealed a significant increase in the number of people reading the Bible across the U.S.
According to the American Bible Society, a poll of more than 2,600 people throughout January 2025 found that the number of Bible readers increased from 38 to 41 per cent.
The poll considered anyone who read Scripture more than three times a year outside of church to be a Bible reader.
That would equate to roughly 10 million more people reading the Bible in 2025 if the numbers are correct.
From 2024 to 2025, researchers found that both Gen Z and millennials were reading from Scripture more than they were a year ago.
'Millennials saw a 29 per cent increase in Bible use from 2024 to 2025 and men saw a 19 per cent increase, closing the long-time gender gap,' the American Bible Society revealed in a statement.
Previously, men and younger adults were the least likely Americans to express an interest in the Bible.
Rogan also falls into the 56 per cent of all Americans who are now showing an interest in the Bible, Jesus, or both.
Until now, Rogan has remained fairly skeptical of the existence of Jesus and the biblical stories of his resurrection.
During a June 2024 episode of Rogan's podcast, the host asked musician Kid Rock where he would go if he could travel back in time. The musician replied: 'Jesus.'
When Rogan asked if he truly believed Jesus would be there, Kid Rock answered: 'Absolutely. 1,000 per cent.' Pressed further, he said the reason was simple: 'My faith.'
Rogan sat silently for a few seconds, staring at Kid Rock, before saying: 'I mean, that's a good answer.'
'I think the concept of Jesus is absolutely amazing, and if Jesus came here and wanted to visit me, I would be psyched,' noting that he's 'very interested in the idea of Jesus being a real person,' he continued.
However, he also told Kid Rock: 'I want Bigfoot to be real, just like I want Jesus to be real.'
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Guardian
32 minutes ago
- The Guardian
Women in West Virginia who miscarry could face criminal charges, according to prosecutor
Women in West Virginia could face criminal charges if they miscarry, a county prosecutor told a local news outlet last week, urging women who miscarry to contact law enforcement. 'The kind of criminal jeopardy you face is going to depend on a lot of factors,' Raleigh county prosecuting attorney Tom Truman told the outlet WVNS 59News in comments reported on Friday. 'What was your intent? What did you do? How late were you in your pregnancy? Were you trying to hide something, were you just so emotionally distraught you couldn't do anything else?' He added: 'If you were relieved, and you had been telling people, 'I'd rather get ran over by a bus than have this baby,' that may play into law enforcement's thinking, too.' Truman said he was personally opposed to prosecuting women who miscarry, but other law enforcement officials in West Virginia had said they would be willing to do so under laws that dictate the disposal of human remains. Although West Virginia bans virtually all abortions, its ban – like other abortion bans in the US – does not penalize abortion patients but instead people who provide the procedure. To protect themselves, Truman suggested that women call law enforcement after they have a miscarriage. 'Call your doctor. Call law enforcement, or 911, and just say, 'I miscarried. I want you to know,'' Truman said. The wave of state-level abortion bans that followed the 2022 overturning of Roe v Wade sparked fears among women and abortion supporters that people who miscarry could face charges over their handling of fetal remains. As abortions and miscarriages – which are known in medical parlance as 'spontaneous abortions' – can look deeply similar to medical professionals, abortion bans can incentivize police to treat pregnancy losses like crime scenes. In 2023, a woman in Ohio was charged with felony abuse of a corpse after she miscarried into a toilet. A grand jury ultimately decided not to indict. Earlier this year, after a Georgia woman suffered a miscarriage and was found bleeding in a parking lot, police charged her with concealing the death of another person and throwing away or abandoning a dead body. Those charges were dropped. 'There is no one-size-fits-all way to handle fetal remains in these situations – in fact, doctors often tell women to simply miscarry at home,' Dana Sussman, senior vice-president of the reproductive-rights organization Pregnancy Justice, said in a statement issued after news of the Georgia case broke. 'No one is taught how to handle fetal remains, and police and prosecutors should not be weighing in on how women in this situation respond.'
Daily Mail
34 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Glamorous MAGA White House reporter makes shocking claim about DC's men
Glamorous MAGA White House reporter Natalie Winters gave a shocking explanation for why the women in the nation's capital can't seem to find good man. The co-host of Steve Bannon 's War Room, who was dubbed 'Washington's most-eligible bachelorette,' declared that the boys of the Beltway just aren't interested. 'I think most men are gay in DC - either out or closeted depending on whether they're Democrats or Republicans,' Winters, 24, told the The Times. The reporter went viral in January after sharing a celebratory post announcing she had been named White House correspondent, with many raging that she needed to dress more appropriately for the job. Winters said she made the discovery about DC's men while trying to help her friends research dates. 'Because I'm such a great investigative reporter, my girlfriends hit me up to investigate the guys they go on dates with,' she told the Times. 'The stuff I found out is insane.' Moreover, ladies on the prowl for a wealthy Washington tech bro will be disappointed, she explained, as they rarely ever come out to play. As for Winters herself, she's in search of a man 'who allows me to protect feminine energy in a world that is forcing me to be a girl boss,' she said. 'Perhaps, I have...' the journalist teased. So, where are DC's hottest looking for love? The fancy Waldorf Astoria hotel, where Winters met disgraced former Rep. Matt Gaetz. 'We hung out and became best buds,' she dished. 'So many memories here.' Winters even revealed that Trump and Gaetz - who the president originally tapped to serve as attorney general before the congressman bowed out of his scandalous past - are still friends behind the scenes. 'Yes, very good friends - and with his wife too,' she told the Times. Other hotspots for young and hot Republicans are Butterworth's - which has become the new home for the MAGA crowd - and Hawk N Dove, where Democrats and Republicans mingle together. As for Winters herself, she's in search of a man who allows her to 'protect feminine energy in a world that is forcing me to be a girl boss.' Since her mainstream debut in January, Winters has continued to be a disruptor in Washington, frankly telling a CNN reporter that traditional media has failed. When asked if she was a real reporter, she replied: 'I'm pretty sure the group of people in there spent, what was it, four years covering for someone who was essentially dead, and that's being charitable in my description. That's a President by the name Joe Biden. 'So to all those people who are apoplectic over having new media voices, you guys failed - and that's why we're here.' In April, she shared that had been denied membership into the prestigious National Press Club. 'I co-host one of the largest shows on the right, Presidents and Congressmen share my work and I have a White House Press pass,' she lamented at the time. Winters also been named as a favorite to be added Elon Musk's stable of mothers. Musk's baby momma, Ashley St. Clair, revealed to the Wall Street Journal that the billionaire pursued her and other women for impregnation, and asked her and their son to join his 'kid legion.'
Daily Mail
34 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE My entire body went numb and I couldn't walk after taking common ADHD drug prescribed to millions
Hannah Schweickert never thought a common medication for ADHD would leave her numb from her face to her toes, at times unable to walk. Schweickert, from Indiana, has had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder since she was young. Doctors had prescribed her the popular drug Adderall, a stimulant taken by 16million Americans known to improve focus, attention, and impulse control. She started on a low dose, standard practice doctors follow to minimize side effects, which can include insomnia, increased heart rate, anxiety, mood swings, and jitteriness. When she showed no improvement, doctors increased the dosage, first to 15mg, then to 20mg, 30mg, and, finally, 40mg, her highest dose. Schweickert, 25, took a 40mg tablet every day for about two months with little incident. But when she went on a family vacation, she began experiencing troubling symptoms she didn't immediately connect to the prescription stimulant. 'I was scratching my neck and I couldn't feel anything. My neck had no feeling,' she said. That numbness spread from her neck to her fingertips, and a week later, to her cheeks, eventually taking over her whole body. Back at college one night, alone in her room and unable to feel her bed underneath her, she panicked. 'I thought I was dying,' she said, describing a destabilizing panic attack. 'I immediately shot up, couldn't breathe, my heart was beating out of my chest. 'I didn't know what a panic attack was, but that's definitely what was happening.' Schweickert laid in a state of panic for an hour before a friend was able to get to her. She calmed herself, but it was far from the last panic attack that would strike. She said in a TikTok: 'Then that started happening every day. The worst one probably lasted about two hours. 'I couldn't walk. My friends had to carry me to pee.' She went on to say she had gone to the emergency room for her panic attacks, a common response people have to the sense of chest-tightening panic that mimics a heart attack, four times over the next few months, but doctors were stumped. Her mom then suggested something that had not occurred to Schweikert previously: stop taking Adderall. 'At this point, I had no feeling in my entire body,' Schweickert said. 'It had been 22 days with no feeling. So all my nerves, something was wrong with them.' Doctors would test her ability to feel touch on her arms, head, and legs, and according to them, everything seemed normal. She said they were not concerned and let her leave without any answers. So she took it upon herself to figure out what was going on. Schweickert stopped taking her Adderall for a week, something doctors do not generally recommend because the withdrawal symptoms can be intense, causing depression, anxiety, headaches, muscle aches, and sleep disruptions. But some of her numbness subsided in that time. She continued her research, having seen a study that found rats given Adderall at high doses experienced considerable changes in their brains. The 2017 study, published in the journal Neuroscience Letters, studied rats given 10mg of amphetamine (a key component of Adderall) and an antidepressant called desipramine, which extends the stimulant's effects. The rats' dopamine levels plummeted and stayed low for seven days after a single dose. In addition to producing feelings of motivation and reward, dopamine can regulate pain and sensory signals. But the researchers also found evidence of other neurotoxic effects in rats that could potentially explain Schweickert's reaction. The medicine starved the rats' brain cells of their energy source within an hour, making it impossible for nerve cells to send signals. This could lead to Schweiker's initial feelings of having a dead limb or tingling. The medicine then overstimulated their brain cells by flooding the brain with glutamate, a chemical that can be toxic in high amounts. In humans, this could lead to hyperexcited nerves burning out, causing paralysis or numbness. The drug also caused a chemical 'explosion' in the brain that wiped out the brain's natural defenses against antioxidants. In humans, the destruction of the chemical in the brain that acts as a fire extinguisher against harmful substances called free radicals can cause nerve pain and numbness, particularly in the arms and legs. 'That's the only thing that I found on the internet in a study that I was like, actually this could be what's happening to me,' she said. She said she had never heard of someone having 'allergic or neurotoxic effects' from Adderall, but added, 'there must be someone in the world who's also experienced this.' The feeling in Schweickert's body did not return completely, even after six months without taking the medication. '[I got] really nervous that my feeling would never return,' she said. 'Now I can say that it has.' There are few studies that delve into the potential brain-poisoning effects of stimulants, including Adderall and Ritalin. Maria Ingalla, an Arizona-based nurse practitioner of psychiatry, told if Schweikert had taken other drugs recreationally, their effects could have compounded Adderall's tendency to constrict blood vessels, thereby reducing blood flow and causing numbness. Ingalla said: 'If she tried this med recently after a psychedelic or other drugs, it wouldn't be an unusual reaction because of additive effects those drugs can have on vasoconstriction and the sensory systems of the brain.' Schweickert did not say in the video whether she had been taking any other medication or drug at that time. Figures for the number of children taking Adderall or other ADHD medications are hard to pin down due to differences in prescription databases, changing trends over time (due to the Adderall shortage in 2022, for instance), state-by-state variations in reporting, and the rise of telehealth prescriptions. But current estimates say that around 10 percent of American children, aged two to 17, have been diagnosed with ADHD, and 62 percent of them are being treated with medications, translating to about 4.5 million children.
