Faith and Logic: Why Skeptics Can’t Dismiss the Question of God-Part 3

The Most Important Question You’ll Ever Face

The question of God’s existence isn’t some side issue we get to shelve until life settles down. It’s the foundation beneath every other question—identity, purpose, morality, eternity. Sooner or later, every one of us is confronted with it.

But most people don’t reject the question outright. They just let it drift quietly to the bottom of the list.

Not because they’ve thought it through and decided it doesn’t matter—but because it doesn’t feel urgent.

They wouldn’t say, “I’ve decided not to think about God.”
They just… don’t.

Life moves fast. Deadlines press. Kids need rides. Bills demand attention. And in the blur of it all, the most important question gets drowned out by a thousand lesser ones.

But let’s be honest—if your smoke alarm goes off, you don’t say, “Well, I’m not sure, so I’ll just wait it out.”

If your brakes start grinding, you don’t shrug and hope for the best. You investigate. You act. You take it seriously.

So why do we treat the question of God—the Author of life, the foundation of morality, the source of reason, the anchor of eternity—as if it can be safely postponed?

Scripture doesn’t leave us that option.

“What may be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For His invisible attributes—His eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.”
—Romans 1:19–20

In other words, it’s not that God is hiding. It’s that we’ve allowed everything else to feel more important.

And that quiet minimization isn’t neutral.
It’s a verdict.

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Rethinking Pascal’s Wager

Blaise Pascal once framed it this way—not to gamble, but to provoke.

• If you believe and God is real, you gain everything
• If you believe and God isn’t real, you lose nothing
• If you don’t believe and God is real, you lose everything

Modern skeptics often scoff at this, calling it a cheap bet. But Pascal wasn’t pushing blind belief—he was raising the stakes. He was saying: this question is too big to ignore casually.

Because what if God is real… and you lived like He wasn’t?

That’s not intellectual caution. That’s existential negligence.

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The Lie of Comfortable Apathy

A lot of modern skepticism doesn’t show up as loud rebellion. It just slides in quietly—as apathy.

“I just don’t think about God much.”
“I’m not saying He’s not real. I just don’t know.”
“It’s not a big deal either way.”

But indifference is still a decision.
And comfort doesn’t mean you’re right. It just means you’re numb.

You don’t get hit by a truck because you believed in it. You get hit because it was real, and you stood in its path without moving.

Same with God.
His reality isn’t dependent on your curiosity.

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No One’s Off the Hook

Romans 1 hits hard for a reason. The evidence of God is not hidden.

It’s right in front of you:

• In the beauty and complexity of creation
• In the ache for justice that won’t let go
• In the moral law written on your conscience
• In the longing for love that never ends
• In the hunger for meaning that nothing else can satisfy

God has made Himself knowable—not exhaustively, but clearly enough that the honest heart can find Him.

Through the universe.
Through your conscience.
Through Scripture.
Through Christ.

To ignore all of that isn’t wisdom. It’s refusal.

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So What Do You Do With That?

You don’t need all the answers to start asking better questions.
But what you don’t get to do is opt out.

The question of God is not one you can dodge forever.
And like it or not, you are already answering it—by how you live.

If you’re skeptical, be honest about it. But don’t stop there. Real skepticism isn’t scoffing from the sidelines. It’s seeking with humility.

If you say you’re agnostic, then be one who actually wrestles with the question—not one who uses the word to hide from it.

You don’t need to have it all figured out.

You just need to care enough to stop pretending the question doesn’t matter..

Next –

Faith & Logic: How Doubt Deepens Authentic Faith – Part 4