(Web Desk) – Elon Musk, a former self-described atheist, has revealed more about his apparent spiritual awakening in recent years, saying he has come to believe God exists.
The SpaceX and Tesla chief executive, who had previously said he didn’t believe in anything, declared on Tuesday that he looked up to the maker of the universe and specified that ‘God is the Creator.’
‘I believe this universe came from something. People have different labels [for God],’ Musk explained while appearing on a podcast.
It’s the latest comments from the billionaire tech entrepreneur that have revealed a major shift in the former agnostic Musk’s beliefs.
Since 2022, the 54-year-old has openly spoken multiple times about a growing respect for core Christian values, and has even admitted he was a ‘fool for not appreciating its profound wisdom.’
Last year, he went so far as to call himself a ‘cultural Christian,’ praising Jesus’ teachings of love, kindness, and forgiveness for their wisdom and societal value.
During Tuesday’s episode of The Katie Miller Podcast, however, Musk added that our creator could be simply running a massive computer simulation, with our lives being nothing more than ‘somebody’s video game.’
He also speculated that our world could be an ‘alien Netflix series,’ saying that the purpose of life would therefore be to keep humanity excited to increase our ‘ratings’ and prevent our creator from turning the computer off.
‘Are the ratings good?’ Katie Miller, who is married to one of Donald Trump’s top advisers, asked. ‘Yeah,’ Musk declared immediately.
‘If you apply Darwin [the theory behind the survival of the fittest] to simulation theory, then only the most interesting simulations will continue,’ he continued during the December 9 episode.
‘Therefore, the most interesting outcome is most likely because it’s either that or annihilation. So, really, we have one goal. Keep it interesting.’
