Just a note to share that there are other points of view that don’t agree with this assertion.

It is possible that God is the creator, that cause and effect to exist.

Here is a different point of view (I didn’t write it — I only quote it):

But the basic reality of God is plain enough. Open your eyes and there it is! By taking a long and thoughtful look at what God has created, people have always been able to see what their eyes as such can’t see: eternal power, for instance, and the mystery of his divine being. So nobody has a good excuse. What happened was this: People knew God perfectly well, but when they didn’t treat him like God, refusing to worship him, they trivialized themselves into silliness and confusion so that there was neither sense nor direction left in their lives. (Rom 1:19–21 MSG)