About

What this is — and how to read it

God Examined is a rigorous, multi-lens case for the existence of God and the truth of Christianity, built to be checked.

The aim

Most people never actually examine the question. God Examined gathers the strongest available evidence — historical, scientific, mathematical, and experiential — and lays it out so an honest skeptic can follow every step and check every source. The goal is not to win an argument but to make the evidence legible: what is known, how well it is known, and what still stands as an open question.

Eight lenses on every claim

Each major piece of evidence is examined through the same eight teaching methods, so a claim that only looks strong from one angle has nowhere to hide:

The discipline of honesty

Nothing here is overstated. Every claim carries a grade, and the grades are kept strict — a scientific analogy is never dressed up as proof, and an open question is never sold as doctrine.

Historical

Established fact — the sources state it plainly and scholars broadly agree.

Model

A scientific or mathematical analogy that illuminates the shape of a truth — evidence, not proof.

Speculative

An open question, interesting but unsettled — wrong to build doctrine on.

Honesty in practice: where it is still debated who wrote a book, we say so and only call an author certain where scholars broadly agree. Where a popular argument doesn’t survive scrutiny — an inflated manuscript count, a disputed early fragment, a strained prophecy — we flag it rather than repeat it. The case is built to hold up because the weak material is left out.

How the site is organized

The Summary is the whole case in 21 numbered claims — the fastest way to see the shape of the argument. The Evidence is the full sequential proof, with ~70 evidence cards you can open side-by-side, each one sourced and graded. The Blog tracks what’s newly added. And every claim links through to its primary sources, quoted and in MLA.

Who it’s for

For the skeptic who wants to examine rather than assume; for the believer who wants reasons, not just feelings; and for anyone willing to follow the evidence where it leads. You don’t have to take anything on trust — that’s the point.

Read the Summary → Explore the Evidence