Where did the universe come from? Atheistic origin science has no answer.

[Esquilax]

fire is greater than burning.

"Burning" isn't a thing, you dolt. It's what we call the effect that the presence of heat has on its environment. You might as well say that when ice heats up, it becomes two things: liquid water, and melting.

the cause always precedes the effect; therefore the effect is dependent on the cause which makes the cause > effect.

You still haven't defined "greater" for the purposes of this conversation, nor given us any reason to give a flying fuck about how you define "greater" for the purposes of this conversation.