[Alamo-Girl]

First cause (a/k/a "uncaused cause") refers to cosmological concerns with origins. It is “needed” to obviate the problem of infinite regression — just as the cosmological variant of final cause (telos) is concerned with obviating the problem of “future” infinity (if I might put it that way). “Infinity” is an extraordinarily valuable concept in mathematics — and yet it has been found to be “unconstructible” in the physical sciences. And thus “first cause” is not a problem for science.

Beautifully said, dearest sister in Christ, thank you so much for your insights!

Truly, space/time is finite, it doesn't pre-exist but is created as the universe expands.

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Truly, space/time is finite, it doesn't pre-exist but is created as the universe expands.

Precisely so!

Thank you ever so much for the outstanding insight, dearest sister in Christ! And also for your kind words of encouragement.