There’s no single answer to this question — and maybe that’s the point.
It’s deeply personal. After all, how can an eternal cause produce a temporal effect like the universe unless that cause somehow transcends time? If the cause is both necessary and sufficient, then its effect should be instantaneous, always present — unless we’re missing something in the logic of causality itself.
Some still argue that life, even the complexity of the first living cell, might’ve happened by chance. The analogy goes: if you pull random letters from a hat, once in a while, you get a simple word like “BAT.” But cells aren’t three-letter words — they’re libraries with syntax, memory, and purpose.
Consider this: 97% of Earth’s water is trapped in the oceans. Yet we have a system — call it natural, call it designed — that desalinates, cycles, and distributes water globally. Evaporation lifts pure water into the air, leaving salt behind. Wind carries clouds across continents, and rain falls to nourish forests, fields, and people. A complete loop. A system that sustains life — recycling, reusing, regenerating.
People believe in God in different ways, but no one knows for sure. Even if there’s a universal sense of the divine, some still reject it — not always from ignorance, but through argument. Philosophers have tried to expose contradictions in the very idea of God — like the tension between omniscience and free will, comparing God to a “square circle.” At best, these arguments don’t disprove God — they only disprove certain definitions.
Still, the debate rages on. The idea of God in the 21st century is contested more than ever. A 2014 Pew poll showed that 23% of Americans were religiously unaffiliated, with a third of them identifying as non-believers — up 11% since 2007. The trend is clear: doubt is growing.
But faith isn’t about proof. God isn’t something to be seen or measured. God is belief. God is direction. God is inspiration.
As they say: if you believe in God, even a stone can feel sacred. If you don’t — then yes, it’s just a rock.
Reference
Pew Research Center (2015) 5 key findings about religiosity in the U.S. – and how it’s changing