As much as i find this a philosophical/metaphysical interpretation, (possibly even an anthropic based assumption :bugeye:), i find also that these things should not be tackled without a scientific/physical veiw... Without science, it holds no real truth.

Why did the universe begin?
Why did the universe chose the conditions we see today?
Why did the universe create life?

These three questions cover exactly one empiracle veiwpoint concerning the origins of matter. At this moment, i will not talk of a God... Let these workings be due to the mysterious ether (for now).

Why did the universe begin?

1. Because the universe had nothing better to do?
Or
2. So that life could exist?

I lean towards no.2. I don't like the standard model of big bang. It says that the universe had nothing better to do than instantaneously ''pop'' into existence without any prior cause, and of course, the complications do not end there...

How did the universe chose the conditions we see today?

1. Because of chance?
Or
2. Because to create a final condition for an ultimate goal?

This question is an integrated complication of why and how the universe first came to be. According to Quantum Physics, the universe had an infinite amount of start-up conditions due to the quantum wave function of all possibilities... But somehow, out of the infinite number of possible start-up conditions, it chose this very reality we see today.
For this question, i am in the tent of no.2. There was a final goal needing to be transpired. This goal was why the universe first began, and why it chose the conditions we see today. One slight quantum change, and life as we know it would vanish, along with everything that constitutes this universe. Thus, it leads us to the final hypothesis:

Why did the universe create life?

1. Because of very fine tuning on earth, and lots of time?
Or
2. That the universe intentionally created these conditions so that the universe could become real?

And again, i am for no.2. Quantum Mechanics, as we discover in the above thread, requires the observer. Without the observer, then who would be here to say the universe exists? Who would be here to collapse the wave function and reduce superpositioning down to a single value? Ultimately, who would be here to define the universe as a universe?
We are the universe. This is our goal. We are to observe ourself, and allow the universe to observe herself. Self-Reflection is the key to existence...
Self-Reflection...

And because of this, if God is to exist, He/She must also self-reflect... He/She must be able to measure His/Hers own energy, so the He/She can have an energy... But this begs the question of the universe... How can the universe have an energy? God must be outside the universe to measure its energy... But we are informed by relativity that there is no outside to the universe...

Reiku :m:

I beleive i can logically evaluate the following, so i will now tackle a logical theory of God. To tackle this, i need to use similar-based questions. :bugeye:

1. Why did God become real?
2. Why do we have the God we have, and not any other God?
3. Why does life and God have an unbound relationship?

Remember, i won't answer these questions if they cannot be answered by physics... But i believe that anything that occurs inside the spacetime arena involves the laws of quantum phsyics. There is a rule to alow this to happen. It is called ''Self-Consistency.''
The universe must be consistant with its own rules! And yes, i know how big the thing is.