Elon Musk, who once identified as an atheist, has recently shared insights into his evolving spiritual perspective, acknowledging a newfound belief in God.

The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, who previously expressed skepticism about religious beliefs, announced on Tuesday that he now reveres the creator of the universe, affirming, “God is the Creator.”

During a podcast hosted by Stephen Miller’s wife, Musk elaborated, “I believe this universe originated from something. People use various names for God.”

These remarks mark a significant transformation in Musk’s spiritual outlook, contrasting with his earlier agnostic stance.

Since 2022, the 54-year-old has frequently voiced an increasing admiration for fundamental Christian principles, even conceding he had been “foolish for not recognizing 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.

Elon Musk revealed to Katie Miller that he has come to believe in a creator being which was responsible for the formation of the universe and humanity

Musk credited the teachings of Jesus for their value in spreading love, kindness, and forgiveness throughout society. He called himself a ‘fool’ for previously rejecting those beliefs

‘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.’

Musk’s evolution on religion has come at the same time as his political shift to the right, which has seen him support Trump’s reelection campaign, form the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and openly speak out against so-called ‘woke’ culture.

Musk has posted repeatedly on X that the ‘woke mind virus’ had essentially become its own religion for those on the political left and was in conflict with Christianity.

‘Woke is a religion that filled the void that Christianity left,’ he wrote on August 25.

‘There seems to be an innate need for religion. Many atheists simply adopt another belief system (e.g., wokeness) that is essentially a religion,’ the current owner of X previously said in September 2023.

Musk has also publicly blamed ‘woke’ culture for influencing his estranged transgender daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson (formerly Xavier Alexander Musk), to transition.

Katie Miller previously worked as an adviser and spokesman for the Trump Administration before leaving the White House to briefly work for Musk in 2025 

The nearly hour-long interview was hosted by Miller, a former adviser and spokesman for DOGE before leaving the administration in May to work full-time for Musk in the private sector.

The new interview has already been viewed more than 346,000 times, making it the most successful episode of the podcast since Miller left her position with Musk to launch the show in August.

During the wide-ranging chat, Musk also revealed his regrets over leading DOGE, colonizing Mars, time travel, and the existence of alien life.

‘I don’t know of any aliens. People have asked me if there’s there are aliens. I have seen no evidence of aliens,’ Musk said.

The billionaire added that he has asked his senior leaders at SpaceX if the company has seen any evidence of extraterrestrials during their rocket launches, but nothing has been revealed.

As for seeing UFOs, Musk noted that this was actually a separate conversation from finding alien life, claiming that what people are typically seeing in the sky are military prototypes being tested.

‘UFOs could be like some new weapons program or whatever. That’s some hypersonic missile or something like that. That would be technically a UFO, but it’s just basically some weapons prototype. That’s not like aliens.’