Joe Rogan has turned a late-night thought experiment into a full-blown cultural flashpoint by suggesting that the Second Coming of Jesus Christ might arrive not on clouds of glory, but through code ...

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Historically, Christianity has carefully controlled its interpretations and texts; texts that portrayed Jesus in anything other than a glowing light or complicated the narrative the early Church hoped ...