A Descent Into Divine Truth
Proving God's Existence, And Why the Christian God
In this essay, I draw upon both modern science and the ancient wisdom of the Orthodox Church Fathers to uncover the truth about our existence. This is not a subjective exploration, but a rational and spiritual investigation rooted in one foundational claim: there is only one truth. And if there is only one truth, then there can be only one answer.
Religion does not negate the existence of the sciences. Rather, religion provides the universal law—the foundational truth upon which all sciences are built and by which they are held together. If we accept the answers of math, physics, and language as fixed and definite, why do we treat religious truth as optional or purely subjective? If there is only one correct explanation for the natural world, then surely there must be one true explanation for the Divine Law that sustains it.
From the dawn of history, humanity has believed in gods. Just as we are biologically compelled to procreate and preserve life, belief in the divine seems etched into our very DNA. Why, then, do we treat belief in God as a disposable instinct, while elevating the survival instinct to necessity? When did we become the arbiters of what is “natural” and what is not? When did we assume the right to sever divinity from our nature?
This rupture seems to have occurred when man placed himself at the top of the hierarchy. We began to serve ourselves before all else. The idea of serving God became repulsive to us—perhaps even nonsensical.
But that does not make it false. It only means that many have fallen into delusion. Like a cancer, disbelief and deception have spread. We claim to be using science in pursuit of answers, but if our science leads us away from God, we stray further from the truth—not closer.
Which God Is God?
If all sciences and natural patterns point to order and unity, then they must also point toward a singular, definite conclusion—there can only be one God. And we can know Him. Science has shown that all things within creation—those bound by time and space—are knowable. It is not farfetched to say that God has revealed Himself to us. In fact, we have taken for granted just how much has already been revealed.
Walk through a library or a bookstore—you are only grazing the surface of what the All-Knowing Creator has allowed us to glimpse.
We can know which God is the true God through logic and reason. Let us begin with a foundational axiom—a secured judgment from which we descend into the depths of truth.
The Nature of Reality
Is reality objective or subjective?
Note: The statement “We live in a subjective reality” is itself an objective truth. Such a claim is self-destructive.
We live a subjective experience within an objective reality—meaning reality exists independently of our perceptions. Time, mathematics, physics, and all scientific principles continue regardless of our opinion. These truths have endured as long as we have been able to observe and measure.
This has profound implications: if we live in an objective reality, then other beings must also exist independently of us. We are not figments of one another’s consciousness. Rather, each of us experiences life as distinct persons, implying Free Will—the capacity to choose our actions, including our beliefs about Free Will.
The Ground of Logic
This brings us to logic—the binding thread. Logic exists outside of us, meaning we can use it to determine truth. We can prove truth by aligning facts with other facts. So let us follow the trail.
Because time, physics, math, and free will all exist objectively, we observe a recognizable order in the universe. That order, if not random, implies intelligence. And because free will exists, we are not under absolute determinism. We are free in an ordered universe—a miracle in itself.
Where did all of this come from?
Some will argue for an eternal regression: that the universe had no beginning. But this leads to absurdity. An infinite past renders “now” impossible, as we would never arrive at the present. Therefore, time had a beginning.
The universe, then, had a beginning. And beginnings require causes.
This leads to the necessity of a First Cause—uncaused, outside of time, and containing the order, power, and transcendental reality necessary to birth all creation.
This is what we call God.
Reconciling God and Science
Many insert the Big Bang here—as if it is an alternative to God. But the Big Bang is not opposed to a Creator; it is merely one possible means by which the Creator began His work. The two are not mutually exclusive.
Now, if this First Cause has imbued creation with order, logic, love, free will, and beauty—then He must contain these in His essence. He must be:
Personal, for we are persons.
Moral, for we know right and wrong.
Intelligent, for creation operates with law and precision.
Loving, for love transcends mere survival and points to something eternal.
Relational, for love cannot exist in isolation.
But if love is relational, then God is not one person. Nor can He be two—for two introduces the risk of duality, division, or conflict. Love requires unity without opposition. The perfect unity in diversity is three.
Thus, the logic of love points to a Triune God—Three Persons in One Essence.
A monad cannot love. A dyad risks fragmentation. Only a Trinity preserves both unity and relationship in its perfection.
And oddly—or rather, providentially—the number three echoes throughout creation: in time (past, present, future), in human nature (body, soul, spirit), in psychology (id, ego, superego), and even in the structure of reality itself (space, matter, time).
It is as if the world was made in the image of the Triune God.
The One True God
Having used reason to establish that the First Cause must be a loving, logical, relational Trinity, we arrive inevitably at the Christian God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
No other belief system presents a God who is One in Essence, yet Three in Persons, who reveals Himself through Love, and who enters creation without contradiction to redeem it. And among all Christian traditions, only the Orthodox Church has preserved the full integrity of this Truth—without alteration, subtraction, or addition—for two thousand years.
This, too, warrants its own treatment. But let it be said: not all “Christian gods” are the same. Many distort or diminish the reality of the Triune God revealed in Scripture and fulfilled in Christ. Only the Orthodox Church preserves this fullness—the unchanged Faith of the Apostles, handed down and lived to this day.
Final Reflection
We have placed last what should be first: the Spirit of God within us.
We’ve glorified our bodies, worshiped our intellects, and fed our emotions—but starved our souls.
We suffer because we live divided—cut off from the Source of Life, from Love Himself.
Let us return to Him—through truth, through worship, through love. Not by imagination or private interpretation, but by the path handed down, guarded, and sanctified.
There is only one answer. And there always has been.
Return to Him while there is still time.