The first-cause argument (a type of cosmological argument) posits that everything in the universe has a cause, and this chain of cause-and-effect can't go back infinitely, requiring a First Uncaused Cause to start everything; this uncaused cause, being self-sufficient and powerful enough to begin existence, is identified as God, a concept famously articulated by thinkers like Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas.
Elon Musk talks about God and religion:
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