‘If You Get Just to the Teachings of Christ, I Can’t Find Any Faults in It’
One of the most unexpected moments came when Rogan spoke plainly about Jesus.
“If you get just to the teachings of Christ, I can’t find any faults in it…it’s all about being kind,” he said, “it’s all about this idea that we’re all in this together and that you’re supposed to lift each other up and look after each other. There’s no faults in it.”
He emphasized that Christ’s teachings do not promote violence or coercion. “It’s not like you have to kill the non-believers…there’s none of that,” Rogan said.
Rogan’s comments were neither sarcastic nor dismissive. They were affirming, reflecting the spiritual journey he appears to be on.
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If There Was a Pill That Made People This Kind, Everyone Would Take It
Rogan moved from theory to personal experience, addressing a question he said people often ask him. “One of the things that I always try to point out to people that go, ‘Why do you go to church?’” he said. “Like, because when I was younger, I was very cynical about religion.”
He addressed skepticism toward organized religion directly, acknowledging that corruption and abuse have existed within church institutions. Wilson rejected the idea that institutional failure invalidates Christianity itself, giving as an example people who criticize corruption in the Catholic church. “I don’t care what system it is,” he said, “They were corrupt, there was corruption–because they’re human, not because they’re Catholic.”
What changed Rogan’s mind about religion as he has “gotten older,” Rogan explained, wasn’t an argument. It was people. “If there was a pill that could make you as nice as the people that I go to church with, everybody would be on it,” he said.
Rogan pointed to the everyday, observable behavior of churchgoers as evidence of formation. “They are the nicest f***king people you will ever encounter,” he said.
“Are they nice, or are they kind?” Wilson wanted to know.
“They’re kind and nice. They’re all the above,” Rogan answered. “They’re like very friendly, happy people.”
Even mundane moments stood out to him. He said, “When you leave the church parking lot or even when you’re entering…everybody lets everybody in. It’s like no one rushes ahead. It’s like, ‘You go ahead,’ and then, ‘You go ahead.’”
For Rogan, the argument for church wasn’t abstract belief or moral posturing. It was visible fruit.
