Origins of Christianity
Subject in Religion
Origins of Christianity has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Jared DiamondAmerican geographer, historian and author of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and "Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings"
Diamond argues Christians outbred and outlived pagans in the Roman Empire because of their treatment of women, children and the sick.
“when you look at tombstones from the first couple of centuries of the Roman Empire, Christians lived longer and they were less likely to die than were pagans”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2549 - Jared Diamond (Sep 3, 2026) · Listen from 20:14
Diamond argues Jesus's universal message distinguished him from rival messiahs but that Paul's organizing ability was essential.
“So of the candidate messiahs then, Jesus had a particularly good message, but it took, a good message isn't enough, it took St. Paul as the organizer”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2549 - Jared Diamond (Sep 3, 2026) · Listen from 13:37
Podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 1 episode
Episodes
#2549 - Jared DiamondThe Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 3, 2026 · 2 h 34 min
Jared Diamond talks with Joe Rogan about leadership, the rise of world religions, the origins of writing, language, and cannibalism and Kuru in New Guinea.