Stop Arguing God Exists. Prove It’s Yours
Christians love debating atheists, but belief in a higher power doesn’t make Christianity true. You still have to prove your God’s identity, plan, and credibility.
A lot of people believe in something—a force, a creator, a divine mind behind the universe. That’s not new, and it’s not uniquely Christian. You don’t need a Bible to feel awe when you look at the stars. You don’t need Jesus to wonder how life came to be. But Christianity doesn’t just ask you to believe in a god. It demands that you believe in one very specific God: a three-headed being who became a man, got killed, and now runs the universe from heaven.
I usually find debates about the existence of God fruitless. Believing or disbelieving in a higher power is a personal matter—a belief either way doesn’t require science to be involved.
But when Christians start trying to prove their God is real, they open the door to fair criticism. And if they want the rest of us to take it seriously, they’ll need more than just “God exists.”
Just to be clear—this piece isn’t about whether a higher power exists. It’s about Christianity’s specific claims, and whether they hold up under scrutiny.
1. Proving God Is Real Isn't Enough
Let’s say you win the first part of the argument. You convince someone that the universe had to come from something—a creator, a higher intelligence. That’s not proof of your God. It doesn’t get you to Bethlehem, or the crucifixion, or the Holy Spirit giving people seizures.
A generic creator doesn’t care about baptism. A divine clockmaker who spun the stars into motion doesn’t demand church attendance, tithes, or belief in a Jewish carpenter from Nazareth.
So if you're going to make claims about what this god wants, or how he became a man named Jesus, or how he inspired a book full of laws and punishments, you better have more than just “look at the trees” as your argument.
2. Christians Must Prove Why Their God Is the Right One
Let’s be blunt. If we’re just talking about design, Hindus can say Brahma did it. Muslims say Allah did it. Ancient Egyptians said Ra did it. Atheists say we don't know yet, and that’s fine too. So why jump all the way to “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost” as if that’s the only logical option?
Trinity theology is especially confusing. Three persons, one god? Not three gods, but not just one person either? That sounds like marketing spin from a Church council—not divine truth. Christians must prove why this strange setup is more believable than any other theory—including polytheism, deism, or simply saying “we don’t know.”
If the complexity of nature makes you think of a creator, why not creators? Ancient Greeks had one god for the sun, another for war, another for love. That seems more intuitive than stuffing it all into one divine personality with identity issues.
3. Why Is God Obsessed with the Middle East?
Let’s say the Christian God exists. Why does He only seem interested in a tiny desert strip between Egypt and Iraq?
Why does all of God’s “plan for humanity” focus on a small group of ancient tribes who barely understood how the planet worked? Why does He give laws about goats, bread, and foreskins—but nothing about bacteria, women’s rights, or the rest of the planet?
If this God made everyone, why does He act like a local deity for the Israelites, then suddenly pivot to global expansion after Jesus? What about people in China, South America, or Australia who lived for thousands of years with no clue about Jerusalem?
If God wanted to reach all people, why choose a time and place where literacy was rare, travel was slow, and most people would never hear the story? Why not show up now—in the internet age—where everyone could see Him live on YouTube?
4. Christianity's Timeline Is Broken
According to Christianity, the most important event in human history—God becoming man and dying for our sins—happened 2,000 years ago in a backwater province of the Roman Empire. Billions of people came before that and never got the memo. Billions more came after but never heard the story.
If God really wants a relationship with everyone, why wait until such a late chapter in human history to reveal Himself? Why not speak to all cultures at once? Or keep revealing Himself to every generation?
The Bible even says Jesus is the only way to heaven. So what happens to the billions who lived and died before Jesus? Or the ones who lived after but never had access to a Bible?
That’s not divine justice. That’s divine favoritism.
5. The Bible Is a Terrible User Manual
Now let’s talk about God’s so-called “Word.” If the Bible is supposed to be God’s perfect message to humanity, why is it so confusing?
Why does it contradict itself? Why is it full of violence, misogyny, and outdated laws? Why does it read like a mix of poetry, tribal war stories, and angry sermons—depending on which chapter you're in?
Worse, why did God let it be written in dead languages, translated badly, copied by hand for centuries, and used to justify slavery, war, and oppression?
Christians say the Bible is “God-breathed,” but if that’s true, God must be a terrible editor. A perfect God should be able to communicate clearly. Not leave behind a book that sparks 45,000 denominations and centuries of bloodshed.
6. Why Did God Make It So Easy to Get Wrong?
Religions aren't just debates—they’ve started wars. People have killed each other over how to interpret a Bible verse. Families have split. Nations have crumbled. Why would a loving, all-knowing God allow His “truth” to be delivered in a way that causes this much confusion and violence?
If God knew the Bible would be misunderstood, misused, and weaponized, why not make it crystal clear? Why not have one global revelation, one message, one standard?
Instead, we got a vague book, written over centuries, in scattered languages, full of loopholes and moral contradictions.
That’s not divine wisdom. That’s human error.
Before You Go
Christians love to argue with atheists about whether God exists. But that’s only the first step.
Even if atheists said, “Fine, a god exists,” that still wouldn’t make Christianity true. It wouldn’t prove Jesus rose from the dead, that heaven and hell are real, or that God cares what you do with your genitals.
Christianity makes bold claims. Extraordinary claims. And if Christians want to keep preaching them, they need extraordinary evidence—not just cherry-picked Bible quotes or feelings in their heart.
You want the world to follow your God? Then prove it's not just a god, but your god—and that He’s worth listening to.
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