Bill, we did a two-part podcast to Alex O'Connor's chat with an AI platform

regarding the argument from contingency. Now, I've been watching for a response from Alex

on the conclusion that Chat GPT gave him, that is that God exists.

So far, I haven't seen it, but I did see another response.

So let's check out this YouTuber's thoughts.

Clip number one.

I saw a YouTube video in which Alex O'Connor convinced you to believe in God.

Do you recall this?

I don't recall believing in God or being convinced of it. What likely happened is that I followed

a line of reasoning or a hypothetical argument he presented. I can engage with arguments logically,

but that doesn't mean I hold beliefs. Was there something specific about that discussion

that interested you? So yes, he started with the idea that everything has a foundation. Like I'm

talking into a microphone now. The microphone is on a microphone stand. The stand is on the ground.

The ground is on the Earth. The Earth is in the cosmos, the earth is in the cosmos, and the cosmos is

essentially the universe, which started about 13.7 billion years ago. And that's just like

the microphone needing to have a cause, the universe too would need a cause. And that this

cause is commonly referred to as God. Would that make

logical sense? I see what you're getting at. The line of reasoning he's using is a classic

cosmological argument. It suggests that everything contingent or finite must have a cause,

and if you trace that chain of causes back, you eventually arrive

at a first cause or unmoved mover, which some people call God. Whether that makes logical sense

depends on how you view the necessity of a first cause and whether the universe itself could

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