What Dan McClellan has said about Hell in Christianity
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 7, 2026
Dan McClellan, Biblical scholar, author of The Bible Says So and co-host of the Data Over Dogma podcast, has been quoted on Hell in Christianity 2 times in 1 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, most recently on October 7, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
McClellan says the idea that non-followers of Jesus burn in hell forever is never stated in the Bible but is an interpretation.
“That's not something that's ever stated anywhere in the Bible”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2562 - Dan McClellan (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:56:05
McClellan argues hell first developed as assurance that oppressive empires would be punished, before becoming a threat applied to everyone.
“hell probably initially developed as a way to feel like God's justice is going to have its day on the truly wicked people”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2562 - Dan McClellan (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:56:32
Episodes
#2562 - Dan McClellanThe Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 7, 2026 · 2 h 42 min
Joe Rogan talks with biblical scholar Dan McClellan about how the Bible was written, ancient Near Eastern sources, hell, cognition and religion in public life.
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