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The Evidence, Examined

Every serious objection. Every core argument. Written for the honest inquirer.

123 articles across 11 topics

These articles examine the questions that actually drive doubt and inquiry — about God, evidence, religion, and what the available evidence supports. Each one is an attempt to take a serious objection seriously: to state the strongest version of the challenge, then weigh it against the evidence in plain prose, without polemic or theatrical certainty.

The collection is organised across eleven investigative topics: from the existence of God and the problem of evil through to the historical record of early Islam, the preservation of the Quran, classical responses to apostasy, the science of fine-tuning, and questions of justice and freedom. Each article is self-contained — read in any order — and built around a single clear question that the headline names directly.

The audience is the honest inquirer rather than the already-convinced. That has consequences for the writing: assumptions are stated rather than smuggled, contested points are flagged as contested, and arguments aim for what a careful sceptic would accept rather than what a sympathetic reader would let pass. Where the case is strong it is named strong. Where it is weak it is named weak. Where it is genuinely undecided, that too is named.

New articles appear regularly. Use the topic filter below to browse by theme, or follow the canonical reading order — the articles are sequenced for cumulative argument, not by publication date.

All Does God Exist?12 The Problem of Evil9 Ethics Without God?5 The Inner Journey17 Divine Justice & Fairness5 History, Context & Comparison10 Islamic Practice & Ritual8 Revelation & Meaning11 Rights & Freedom13 Science & Evidence11 The Quran & Its Sources22

Does God Exist?

12 articles

Cosmological, fine-tuning, and ontological arguments — examined from the ground up.

The Core Arguments

Why the universe, reason, and reality point toward a Creator.

Why Does Anything Exist Rather Than Nothing?

The most basic question in philosophy is also the one most people never ask. Why is there something rather than…

The Universe Is Absurdly Specific

The physical constants of the universe are set to values that permit life with a precision that staggers physicists…

The God Who Cannot Not Exist

The ontological argument for God's existence has been dismissed and reformulated for nine centuries. In its…

If Your Brain Is Just Atoms, Can You Trust It?

The naturalist claims that the human mind is entirely the product of blind evolutionary processes. But if that is true…

Can Existence Come Out Of Nothing?

Lawrence Krauss said the universe came from nothing. Stephen Hawking said there was no need for a creator. Both made a…

Does A Higher Power Exist?

Not the God of bad religion or convenient tradition — but the God the evidence from physics, philosophy, and…

Is God Personal Or Just A First Cause?

The cosmological and fine-tuning arguments establish that there is a cause of the universe. They do not, by themselves…

Common Objections

Answering the standard sceptical and atheist replies.

If God Wants To Be Known, Why Is God Hidden?

Divine hiddenness is a serious challenge. Islam answers by treating God’s signs as sufficient for responsibility while…

If God Knew Everything in Advance, How Is My Choice Genuinely Free?

Divine foreknowledge and human freedom appear to be in direct conflict. If God knew before your birth what you would…

Is God Just a Projection of Human Psychology?

Freud argued that God is an idealised father figure — a projection of human psychological needs onto the cosmos…

Who Bears The Burden of Proof — The Theist or The Atheist?

Russell's teapot: you cannot prove there isn't a teapot orbiting the sun, but that doesn't mean belief in one is…

If Nothing Really Matters, Why Does It Feel Like It Should?

The nihilism problem: if the universe is purposeless, why does every human being live as though purpose exists? The…