Podcaster Joe Rogan is known for his wide-ranging conversations and unfiltered opinions — but lately, faith has been taking center stage.

During a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, the world’s most popular podcaster surprised many listeners by opening up about his growing appreciation for Christianity and his personal experience attending church.

“The place that I go to, they read and analyze passages in the Bible,” Rogan said. “It’s a bunch of people that are going to try to make their lives better, trying to be a better person. I’m really interested in what these people were trying to say, because I don’t think it’s nothing.”

His comments came during a conversation with guest Konstantin Kisin, a Russian-British commentator who shared that he loves going to church. Rogan quickly agreed, adding that he finds the Bible both intellectually and spiritually intriguing.

Rogan pushed back on what he called “self-professed intelligent people” who mock Christianity and dismiss Scripture as myth.

“I hear that among self-professed intelligent people, like it’s a fairy tale,” he said. “I don’t know that’s true. I think there’s more to it. I think it’s history — but I think it’s a confusing history, because it was a long time ago, and it’s people telling things in an oral tradition and writing things down in a language that you don’t understand, in the context of a culture that you don’t understand.”

Rogan went on to describe Christianity as “the most fascinating” of all religions, mainly because of Jesus Christ.

“Christianity in particular is the most fascinating to me,” he said, “because there’s this one person that everybody agrees existed, that somehow or another had the best plan for how human beings should interact with each other and behave.”

The 57-year-old podcaster, who has often described himself as agnostic, said he’s deeply intrigued by the story of Jesus’ crucifixion and what it represents.

“[He] didn’t even protest,” Rogan said. “Died on the cross, supposedly for our sins. It’s a fascinating story. What does it represent, though? That’s the real thing. What was that? What happened? Who was Jesus Christ, if He was a human being? That’s wild.”

When Kisin suggested that the story could symbolize “voluntary self-sacrifice,” Rogan responded that the historical record of Jesus makes the story even more remarkable.

“It’s a historically documented human being, that’s where it gets weird,” Rogan noted. “Because there’s a universal depiction of what this human being was like. That doesn’t seem to vary that much between all the people that knew Him. That gets weird.”

This isn’t the first time Rogan has discussed faith on his podcast. Earlier this year, Christian apologist Wes Huff revealed that Rogan had begun attending church regularly and that the two have stayed in touch since their January interview about the Bible and the supernatural.

Rogan has also voiced skepticism about the Big Bang theory and said he finds the Resurrection story more believable.

“It’s funny, because people will be incredulous about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ,” Rogan said, “but yet, they’re convinced that the entire universe was smaller than a head of a pin and that for no reason anyone can explain, it instantaneously became everything? OK. I’m sticking with Jesus on that one. Jesus makes more sense.”

Whether or not he’s ready to call himself a Christian, Rogan’s continued curiosity about Jesus — and his openness to attending church — is sparking meaningful conversations about faith in one of the most unlikely places: the world’s biggest podcast.