Who Cares Where the Universe Came From?

When arguing for the existence of God, theists—especially Christians—often rely on one of their favorite talking points:

“So where did the universe come from?”

This question is wielded as if it is an unanswerable trump card, a thought so profound that it should paralyze any skeptic into silence. The implication is clear: if science does not provide an ultimate, final answer to the origin of everything, then belief in God must somehow be justified.

This line of thinking is flawed for many reasons, but before addressing them, let’s reframe the conversation:

🔹 Why should we care who or what created the universe?
🔹 Why would the ability to create a universe automatically grant a being the title of ‘God’?
🔹 What was this being doing for the 13+ billion years before humans existed?
🔹 How does the origin of the universe validate any specific religious scripture?

These are questions that theists rarely consider. Instead, they tend to assume that invoking a “creator” answers all possible questions, when in reality, it only raises more.

The Problem with the "Creation" Argument

1. “Where Did the Universe Come From?” is a Non-Sequitur

Even if the universe had an intelligent creator, it does not follow that this being has any involvement in human affairs, morality, or the texts of ancient religions.

🔹 Why would a cosmic architect care about what humans eat, who they sleep with, or how they pray?
🔹 Why would the act of creation justify worship?
🔹 Why does the idea of a creator always conveniently align with the theist’s specific religion?

Theists do not just want a creator—they want their creator, complete with their holy book, their doctrines, and their moral codes. But the leap from “something created the universe” to “therefore my God is real and my scripture is true” is completely unjustified.

2. Theists Don't Seem to Understand What "Universe" Even Means

Many religious arguments rely on a misunderstanding of cosmology. Theists imagine that the Big Bang was the beginning of everything—but even modern science is beginning to challenge this assumption.

🔹 The James Webb Space Telescope has refined our understanding of early cosmic history, revealing that the Big Bang may not have been the beginning of all existence—only of our local cosmic expansion.
🔹 The idea of a cyclical universe—where expansion and contraction occur over and over—is gaining traction.
🔹 There is no scientific reason to assume that “nothing” existed before the Big Bang.

Simply put, science is doing the work of investigating reality, while theists are still standing on the sidelines, asking the same old questions without actually engaging with the answers.

3. Creationism is an Appeal to Ignorance

When theists ask, “Where did the universe come from?”, what they really mean is:

🛑 “If you don’t know, then I win.”

This is nothing more than the God of the Gaps fallacy—assuming that anything not yet explained by science must be divine in origin.

But there’s a problem with this approach:

🔹 Science is constantly learning and refining answers. Theists love to point to gaps in knowledge, but they rarely acknowledge when those gaps get filled.
🔹 The same argument could have been used 500 years ago: “If you can’t explain lightning, then God must be real.”
🔹 Any claim that relies on lack of evidence rather than actual evidence is fundamentally weak.

4. What Does Any of This Have to Do with Religion?

Let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that a conscious being created the universe.

So what?

🔹 That doesn’t mean this being is “good” or worthy of worship.
🔹 That doesn’t mean this being wrote a book.
🔹 That doesn’t mean this being cares what humans believe.

Creation does not imply scripture-based religion.

🔹 If an intelligent being created the universe, we would have no reason to assume that it endorses Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, or any other faith.
🔹 The religious texts of the world are clearly human in origin—full of contradictions, historical errors, and outdated moral ideas.
🔹 There is no clear connection between the mystery of cosmic origins and the specific doctrines of any religion.

In other words:
🛑 The “where did the universe come from” argument does nothing to justify belief in scripture, religious laws, or divine judgment.

5. The Ultimate Question: Why Does It Even Matter?

At the end of the day, why does any of this matter?

🔹 What changes if we don’t know the answer?
🔹 Does not knowing the full origin of the universe change the reality we live in?
🔹 Would answering this question change the fact that religions are demonstrably false?

Even if a deity created the universe, that does nothing to validate religious morality, miracles, or doctrines.

📌 A deity that exists but does nothing is functionally equivalent to no deity at all.

📌 And a deity that exists but has not revealed itself is indistinguishable from an imaginary god.

Conclusion: Theists Are Asking the Wrong Questions

Instead of constantly demanding “Where did the universe come from?”, theists should ask themselves:

🔹 Why do I assume that a creator would have any relevance to my life?
🔹 Why do I assume my particular religion is true?
🔹 Why am I more interested in asking questions than actually understanding the answers?

The mystery of the universe is fascinating. But it is not an argument for Christianity, Islam, Judaism, or any other religion.

📌 If theists actually studied science, they’d realize that their question isn’t profound—it’s irrelevant.