I actually don't believe in a "universe," so much as I believe in a multiverse. Universes condense, explode, expand, and then probably collapse back under their own gravity to repeat the process. I believe there are a near infinite number of universes repeating this process in a larger entity (a multiverse), similar to bubbles an an Aero bar. I wouldn't even hazard a guess as to what initiated the multiverse, but I'm sure it doesn't resemble a human or give a s*** about our existence, in much the same way we don't know or care about every quark or gluon in nuclear reactions that we initiate. To presume that there is a higher power is natural and logical, but to assume that said higher power is humanoid and concerned with Earthly affairs is, in my opinion, the height of vanity.