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Why the world needs faith in God

2026-09-14 21:08:40Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA KARAM NAMA – MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Why the world needs faith in God

Karam Nama – Middle East Monitor

The age-old debate between faith and atheism has accompanied the history of humanity since the first awakening of consciousness. For centuries, this clash has produced books, polemics, and fierce intellectual battles, but it has failed to provide a definitive answer to human suffering.

Today, in a world shaken by anxiety and uncertainty, modern man increasingly seeks a meaning for his existence. It is precisely this need that British writer Thomas Oppong addresses in his essay "Einstein Believed in God," where he brings to mind Albert Einstein's relationship with faith.

For Einstein, faith was not a traditional religious belief, but a deep sense of wonder at the order and harmony of the universe. In a famous telegram from 1929, Einstein wrote that he believed in “Spinoza’s God,” who manifests himself through the orderly harmony of all that exists.

He did not envision God as a human being who rewards or punishes individuals for their daily actions. Instead, he spoke of a “cosmic religious feeling,” a mixture of wonder and respect for the laws of nature and the mathematical structure of the universe.

This way of thinking positions faith not as an adversary to science, but as another dimension of human experience. Science can accurately explain how the universe works, but the question of why we exist and what meaning life has remains much harder to answer.

In this sense, faith should not be confused with the misuse or distortion of religion for social and political control. Worship and rituals are personal matters.

What remains essential is faith as a psychological anchor and an existential refuge, as the conviction that human existence is not simply a meaningless accident.

This idea takes on new significance in the age of artificial intelligence. Algorithms are providing ready-made answers to more and more questions, while human emotions, thoughts, and behaviors are being transformed into data that can be measured, predicted, and commercialized.

The machine can imitate our intelligence, calculate our actions and produce texts, but when faced with the question “why?” it remains limited. Here faith appears as one of the last spaces where man can maintain his uniqueness.

The danger grows even greater as world powers race to use artificial intelligence in warfare, governance, and control. The question of the meaning of existence is no longer just a private concern.

It also relates to the question of what will remain human in a world where machines increasingly influence the destinies of individuals and societies. Today's man, tired of the pace of consumption, competition and virtual reality, risks being transformed from a creator of technology into a cog in its wheel.

Screens and processor speed cannot fill the spiritual void created by this lifestyle.

Faith can restore exactly what is missing: the sense that man is not just a number, a consumer, or a piece of data in a global marketplace. He is a conscious being who seeks meaning, dignity, and peace.

History has shown that science and technology are extremely powerful in explaining the “how” of the world. But not the question “Why are we here?” And it is precisely in this space between knowledge and mystery that faith can emerge not as an obstacle to reason, but as a way to cope with human uncertainty.

In a world that is drowning in noise, fear, and machinery, faith in the Creator remains for many people one of the last refuges where the mind can find peace.


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