ABSTRACT
We began the first chapter with the observation that theism appears to explain why the universe exists, and that there appears, moreover, to be no rival explanation. The implicit assumption is that the existence of the universe is something to be explained. But is it to be explained? Is theism, rather, making a mistake in attempting an explanation? In this chapter we shall discuss two arguments: one that the existence of the universe can be explained in quite trivial terms, which make no reference to God; and the other that there cannot be a causal explanation, or anything even analogous to a causal explanation, of the existence of the universe.
