Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2025-01-07
Joe Rogan & Wesley Huff: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #2252
#2252 - Wesley Huff
Wesley Huff is a Christian apologist, public speaker, and current Central Canada Director for Apologetics Canada.
Wesley Huff discussed The sacred mushroom and the cross by John Marco Allegro, The Gospel of Thomas by Marvin W. Meyer, The Gospel of Truth by Mark Mattison, The Messianic Gospel of the Hebrews by Aaron J Miller, and The Gospel of Barnabas by Laura M. Ragg. Joe Rogan discussed The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and Dune by Frank Herbert.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The sacred mushroom and the cross
The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross by John Marco Allegro is a controversial scholarly study that posits early Christianity originated from ancient fertility cults centered around the sacramental use of psychedelic mushrooms.
Discussed“the first time I was introduced to Marco legro was not his sacred mushroom and the cross stuff but he published a book on What's called the Copper Scroll”
Where to get it
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The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R.
Discussed“didn't JRR tolken didn't he create an entire language for Lord of the Rings”
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Dune
Dune by Frank Herbert is a sweeping science fiction epic set on the desert planet Arrakis, chronicling the rise of a young messiah named Paul Atreides amidst intergalactic political betrayal and the extraction of a valuable resource known as spice.
Discussed“apparently the guy wrote Dune sent a copy to tolken before he published it really and tolken didn't like it”
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The Gospel of Thomas
Discussed“he specifically highlights the fact that the Gospel of Thomas Gospel of Truth Gospel of the Hebrews Gospel of you know these ones that we kind of hear about Mary Judas that the reason we know that they're not associated with the names that are attached to them is because they're being written in times when those people were dead”
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The Gospel of Truth
Discussed“he specifically highlights the fact that the Gospel of Thomas Gospel of Truth Gospel of the Hebrews Gospel of you know these ones that we kind of hear about Mary Judas that the reason we know that they're not associated with the names that are attached to them is because they're being written in times when those people were dead”
Where to get it
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The Messianic Gospel of the Hebrews
Discussed“he specifically highlights the fact that the Gospel of Thomas Gospel of Truth Gospel of the Hebrews Gospel of you know these ones that we kind of hear about Mary Judas that the reason we know that they're not associated with the names that are attached to them is because they're being written in times when those people were dead”
Where to get it
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The Gospel of Barnabas
Discussed“in contrast the Gospel of Judas only has two names that would fit Jesus and Judas but contains a host of other characters whose names match not with first century Judea or Galilee like the biblical gospels but with names that were popular in Egypt during the 2 and 3rd centuries”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I often say we had the babad Gita and the Book of Mormon and the Quran on the Shelf”
“I often say we had the babad Gita and the Book of Mormon and the Quran on the Shelf”
“I often say we had the babad Gita and the Book of Mormon and the Quran on the Shelf”