It’s funny, it’s ludicrous, but historians have found that nearly every civilization in human history believed in some kind of God or higher power. Even in ancient ruins, there are temples, altars, and writings about gods. This shows us something deep. Humans are wired to worship.

Social scientists study human societies, behavior, and cultural patterns. The sociologist Emil Durkheim argued that religion was created by human beings as a way to explain life and strengthen social unity.

Christianity presents the opposite claim. God is not a product of human imagination. Humanity is the product of God’s creation. We were made by Him and for Him. Our purpose, identity, and unity do not come from something humanity invented. They come from the one who invented us.

Modern sociologists, psychologists, and religious scholars have studied what happens when traditional religious beliefs such as Christianity, Judaism, and Islam decline in certain societies. Interestingly, they learn that even when people rejected organized religion, they often still seek something spiritual.

This can include belief in a higher power, spiritual experiences, meditation practices, or vague ideas about the universe’s meaning. Researchers call this phenomenon SBNR, spiritual but not religious.

Church attendance has dropped sharply over the last fifty years in Western Europe, in countries like the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the Netherlands, North America, especially the United States and Canada, is also seeing this trend, particularly among younger generations. Australia and New Zealand reveal similar patterns.

The evidence speaks for itself.