Interview · moment 13 of 33
Religion, Belief, and Obama's Blind Spot
from The Joe Rogan Experience | #330 · #330
2 min
Guest
They discuss Camille Paglia's critique that Obama, despite his intelligence, didn't understand the intensity and comfort religion provides people, and reminisce about grandparents who died peacefully because of devout Catholic faith.
- Religion isn't big in America, but we haven't replaced it with anything to answer why we're here or what happens when we die.
- Tim's grandmother was a devout Catholic and Democrat, and remained peaceful right up until she died because of her faith.
- When diagnosed with cancer, Tim's grandfather said 'my kingdom is not of this Earth' and faced death with complete peace.
- People want peace, but it's very hard to achieve without some kind of belief system to make sense of the struggle.
- Without knowing what it's all for, people can't deal with the chaos and use drugs like amphetamines to block it out.
- It's difficult for people to make peace with the unknown without some kind of framework to understand existence.