When people ask me if a god created the universe, I tell them that the question itself makes no sense. Time didn't exist before the big bang, so there is no time for god to make the universe in. It's like asking directions to the edge of the earth; The Earth is a sphere, so looking for the edge is futile. It's my view that the simplest explanation is; there is no god. No one created our universe, and no one directs our fate.