How God Makes Sense of Everything

Atheism often presents itself as a rational alternative to belief in God—free of dogma, rooted in science, and focused on reason. But what if the very concepts that atheists use to argue against God only make sense if God actually exists?

This isn’t about attacking atheists themselves—it’s about testing whether their worldview can truly support the tools they rely on: logic, morality, science, human rights, and meaning. When examined closely, these pillars rest on foundations far deeper than naturalism can provide.

Many of the ideas atheists passionately champion—reason, justice, value, and truth—don’t naturally emerge from a godless cosmos. They’re borrowed from the worldview they seek to reject.

Here are seven critical concepts that atheism uses—but cannot justify on its own terms.

1. Logic: The Silent Miracle
Atheists argue passionately against God using logic. But what is logic, and why does it apply universally? Laws like non-contradiction and identity are immaterial, unchanging, and universally binding. They are not physical properties. You can’t weigh or locate them.

In a materialist worldview where only matter and energy exist, where do these immaterial laws reside? And why do they remain consistent across time and space?

C.S. Lewis once wrote,

“If the solar system was brought about by an accidental collision, then the appearance of organic life on this planet was also an accident… and if so, all our present thoughts are mere accidents.”

To argue against God using logic is to sit in God’s chair while denying He exists.

2. Moral Reality: More Than Preference
Atheists condemn genocide, racism, and injustice. Rightly so. But in a universe without objective moral grounding, what makes something actually wrong—not just unappealing or socially inconvenient?

Richard Dawkins famously said, “There is at bottom no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind pitiless indifference.” If that’s true, then every moral judgment is arbitrary.

Yet even those who deny God instinctively react to injustice as though it ought not to be. They don’t just dislike it—they condemn it. That “oughtness” requires a moral law—and moral laws require a moral lawgiver.

You cannot say the universe has no ruler while crying out that it’s unjust.

3. Science: A Universe That Plays Fair
Science depends on the belief that nature behaves in a consistent, orderly way. That gravity tomorrow will be like gravity today. That our minds are capable of grasping real truths about the world.

But why should a random, purposeless universe operate according to fixed laws? Why should minds shaped by unguided processes be expected to produce truth rather than illusion?

Atheism relies on the success of science—while offering no reason why the universe is even knowable in the first place.

Science assumes rational order. Order implies a rational source.

4. Human Rights: Sacred or Sentimental?
Atheists speak passionately about human rights, equality, and justice. But if humans are merely the products of evolutionary chance, on what basis can we claim intrinsic worth?

History is filled with societies that denied the equal value of all humans. Why should one moral framework prevail? If naturalism is true, human value is subjective—assigned, not inherent.

The Christian worldview declares that humans are made in the image of God (Genesis 1:27). That’s why life matters. That’s why rights are real.

You can’t have human dignity without something—Someone—who gives it.

5. Free Will and Rational Thought
Debate assumes that people can choose between ideas—that we are not merely biological machines reacting to stimuli. But atheism, if consistent, reduces thought to the firing of neurons.

Sam Harris, a leading atheist, has admitted: “Free will is an illusion.” But if that’s true, how can we trust any belief, including atheism itself?

Rationality presupposes that we can step outside our chemistry to assess truth. That we’re not just thinking, but reasoning. If we are nothing more than brain chemistry, truth becomes indistinguishable from illusion.

If your thoughts are determined by physics, how do you know they’re true?

6. Meaning and Purpose: A Hunger for More
Atheists often say we can create our own meaning. But subjective meaning is like monopoly money—it feels real until you try to spend it.

We long for a meaning that transcends us. A story bigger than our preferences. A purpose that isn’t erased by time. But if we are cosmic accidents, and the universe will one day burn out, every goal, love, and legacy will be forgotten.

To insist on meaning while denying the Author of meaning is to live in contradiction.

The desire for purpose is not an illusion—it’s a clue.

7. Evil as an Argument Against God
Ironically, the most common argument against God—“Why is there evil?”—only works if evil is real.

But on atheism, there is no ultimate standard by which to call anything truly evil. Evolution rewards the strong. Nature is indifferent. So where does the category of evil even come from?

You cannot say “there is too much evil for God to exist” unless evil itself is more than a feeling. But if evil is real, then good is real—and both demand a standard beyond human opinion.

To use evil to deny God is like using a shadow to prove the sun doesn’t exist.

You Can’t Saw Off the Branch You’re Sitting On
Atheism borrows tools it cannot explain. Logic, morality, science, dignity, rationality, purpose, and justice all require a deeper foundation than naturalism offers.

This isn’t just a philosophical exercise—it’s a call to intellectual integrity. If the tools you use to deny God only make sense if God exists, perhaps it’s not God who’s on trial. Perhaps it’s your assumptions.

So ask yourself:

• Why do logic and reason exist?
• Why do you believe some things are truly wrong?
• Why does the universe make sense?
• Why do people matter?

If your worldview can’t answer those questions—maybe it’s time to consider one that can.

Tom Dallis

Christian apologist, theologian, author, and former documentary filmmaker with a strong academic and ministry background. Graduate of Cedarville University (B.A. Speech Communications, Pre-Seminary Bible), Emmanuel Theological Seminary (Th.M. and Th.D. in Christian Apologetics and New Testament Textual Criticism), and the Israel Bible Center (Postgraduate studies in Biblical Hebrew). Produced faith-based documentaries through Ensign Media, distributed by Vision Video and Gateway Films. Husband to Kathy, father, and grandfather. Resides in Morrow, Ohio.

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