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.

Nature might point to a creator, but it doesn’t hand you the Bible—Christians still have work to do.

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…