The BigQ journal
August 20, 2026
What’s the difference?
Does it really make a difference whether God exists? Consider meaning, morality, and consequences.
Does it really make a difference if God exists or not? Why should anyone care?
There could hardly be a greater difference between how the world works with a Creator and how it is viewed without one. Belief allows the possibility that life has objective purpose and meaning. It allows the possibility of a moral code grounded beyond human authority, rather than only a social agreement. It also allows the possibility that our choices have consequences beyond what a particular society can enforce.
These are foundational differences between a universe with God and one without. What other differences follow from the answer?