You might like the work of David Bentley Hart then.
The series of universes could be infinite in which case there is no first cause. It could be circular although that seems farfetched.
You might like the work of David Bentley Hart then. The problem doesn't go away just because you don't need a first cause.
The series of universes could be infinite in which case there is no first cause. It could be circular although that seems farfetched.
The best way to think about it is to imagine a worldline for a particle of matter. Where does that worldline begin? One option is for it to simply appear from an area of spacetime curvature like Hawking radiation. You don't need all that matter to appear at once.