Hell in Christianity
Subject in Christianity
Hell in Christianity has come up in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience, The Shawn Ryan Show. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Dan McClellanBiblical scholar, author of The Bible Says So and co-host of the Data Over Dogma podcast
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
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
Jeremiah J. JohnstonNew Testament scholar, apologist and author; president of the Christian Thinkers Society and pastor of apologetics at Prestonwood Baptist Church
Johnston said Scripture teaches conscious torment rather than annihilationism, and that hell is what a person ultimately chooses.
“will be conscious torment i don't believe that the scripture teaches annihilationism although some fine christians do”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #293 Jeremiah Johnston - Codex Vaticanus, Book of Enoch and the Resurrection of Jesus (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 2:45:20
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 1 episode
- The Shawn Ryan Show · 1 episode
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.
#293 Jeremiah Johnston - Codex Vaticanus, Book of Enoch and the Resurrection of JesusThe Shawn Ryan Show · Apr 2, 2026 · 2 h 54 min
New Testament scholar Jeremiah Johnston shows Shawn Ryan artifacts and argues the Shroud of Turin and other finds evidence Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection.