The universe is godless, which makes the universe's ultimate source or explanation absurd, as in inhuman and inexplicable according to our social intuitions (which are responsible for the religious personifications and farfetched socializations). I explain this further elsewhere:

But it depends on what you mean by "absurd."

https://medium.com/grim-tidings/the-miraculous-brute-fact-of-the-natural-order-3f877baa2c1a?sk=b4b9a733954d5e0b4ffc9cf4b2917515

https://medium.com/grim-tidings/why-you-should-be-haunted-by-natures-physicality-4d52310d0817?sk=e1407bef36888713f080746a51b4c7ba

https://medium.com/grim-tidings/scientific-progress-as-the-ogling-and-ravaging-of-nature-cb1d1343aa3c?sk=ee62c41a69767f409d170f3b4b8cca7a