Except God, of course.
Nothing has a cause because every cause must have a cause.
Except God, of course.
Evidence: Nothing but God could could have created it because God means creator.
That's not evidence. That's circular reasoning.
Ok, let's look at this 'logical' process.
1) assumptions: God exists. God is ever lasting. God can create universes. the universe exists. we can observe the universe. The universe was created.
2) steps: Look inside the universe for something that could have created the universe. Find nothing.
3) Based on step 1, the universe was created. Based on step 2, nothing inside the universe can create the universe. Conclude that the only thing that could have created the universe was the thing we assumed in step 1 that could create a universe.
4) God created the universe because he can.
Nice circular logic. Very useful in figuring out how to build rockets and solve world hunger.
Let's try again, without the biased crap.
1) assumptions: the universe exists. we can observe the universe.
2) steps: observe the universe. Appears to be expanding. Appears to have a certain level of radiation everywhere. Appears that rules that apply on earth also apply on mars. Also seems that the same thing that holds up to the Earth keeps planets in motion around suns, and suns in motion around galaxy centers.
3) Since it is generally agreed that non-living matter does not change direction without direct application of force, and the matter all seems to the expanding from one location, it can be logically surmised that at one point, everything was there, and then something made it all move outward. This is backed up by the fact that physics largely seems to be universal, whether you live in Erie, Pa or Alpha Centuari. Since there is a close to uniform level of background radiation everywhere we look, it suggests that everything was given roughly (though not exactly) the same amount of energy at the time of the movement, and since it's all moving out from that one point, it looks very much like an explosion.
4) Conclusion: at one point, everything was at point X. Then point X exploded, and everything is expanding. What caused it to expand is currently unknown.
Wow. That seems much simpler. It skips a lot of assumptions, and fits nicely with the way the universe currently looks. There are still lots of questions to be answered, but no doubt they will be more informative and useful than "He-Man did it, and don't you dare ask him how or why, or you go to hell."