Is There a God—or Just Wishful Thinking?

That question isn’t new. It’s been asked for as long as people have buried their dead, wondered about justice, and stared at the night sky. Some dismiss belief in God as a psychological crutch—something people invent when life feels uncertain. Others believe without ever stopping to ask why.

Christian faith doesn’t begin by telling people to stop asking questions. It begins by taking them seriously.

If there is no God, then meaning, right and wrong, hope, and love are finally just personal preferences. Useful, perhaps—but not true in any lasting sense. And yet most people live as though some things really matter, as though injustice is actually wrong, and love is more than chemistry.

Christians claim this isn’t wishful thinking. They claim reality is personal—that the world exists because Someone willed it, and that human longing for meaning isn’t an accident.

This column won’t ask you to believe blindly. It will ask you to think carefully. If God exists, that changes everything. And if He doesn’t, honesty requires facing what that actually means. Either way, the question is worth asking. Christians believe God has not remained silent—but has made Himself known.