I see it as a something that arises out of first principles. Everything in our world has a cause, and something always comes from something else. Now a deity,

I see it as a something that arises out of first principles. Everything in our world has a cause, and something always comes from something else. Now a deity, being outside of our universe and separate from it wouldn't be subject to that rule necessarily. The multiverse is an inductive line of reasoning that infers things to explain away observances. But is it measurable? I'm not saying we should "God away" the questions, but coming up with inferences that we can't actually measure (and don't answer the question of where the multiverse comes from) really doesn't do much scientifically or philosophically.