[Dimensio]

But if God did create the universe, not allowing that as a possibilty is automatically eliminating the truth.

Which "God", and why should any divine agents be assumed from the beginning?

[Undivided Heart]

Does it matter? If it's reasonable to believe that all the stuff of the universe always existed, I don't think there's a great leap from there to the belief that a Mind that always existed created the universe.