Through the grand scientific advancements and technological leaps that happened in the early 20th century, scientists were able to observe the universe in a more sophisticated manner, and conclude how the universe that we know today was created. They started measuring distances between planets, stars, and even entire galaxies (by detecting the wavelengths of their emission spectrum) only to find that with time these distances actually increase, hence suggesting that the universe is expanding. This completely threw the idea of a static universe out of the window and gave birth to what we know today as the "Big Bang Theory" as coined by Fred Hoyle who had a hard time believing the theory himself.
The theory suggests that, since the universe is expanding, it must have been infinitely small when it started. The rate of expansion decreases with time, but with an inverse square proportionality (thus never reaching zero). The static universe theory was a model that stood for thousands of years, and this revolutionary discovery was met with skepticism for some scientists. Fred Hoyle was at the top of this list. Theories after another mostly declined the necessity of divine intervention, until this one. This theory came to suggest that the universe had a start, and that it had not been like that forever. In fact it went through multiple stages to become the universe we know today.
Hoyle, being an atheist himself, disapproved of the theory that suggested the universe had a beginning (which must have been triggered somehow by some force/being), due to his belief that no such divine force exists. Science always wins though, and the theory was tested numerously ever since and never failed in any of the trials. Because Hoyle was so tied to his belief, he came to oppose what happened to be the greatest scientific discovery of the 20th century.
Is the big bang theory a conclusive evidence that God exists? Umm.. I'm afraid not. It did give us probabilities though. If the rate of expansion at the time of the ultimate explosion was less by the tiniest fraction, the universe would have collapsed again into itself and repeated the process forever, expanding and collapsing instantly for eternity. In fact, the number calculated happened to be exactly the number needed (minimum number) to expand and keep expanding till this day. Every number, every cosmological constant is so precisely accurate that the tiniest alteration in any of them would result in a total chaos, a universe -unlike ours- far from perfect. It seems something desired the universe to be the way it is, maybe it desired itself too, who knows??
If a God created the universe, I would not be surprised He made it that way. A God is omnipotent, and it seems logical that with one little burst He could create a whole universe without the need of His intervention again, why would He bother to anyway? An intelligent being gets maximum work done with minimum effort needed, why would that not be the characteristic of the genius that created it all? Why must it be interpreted that God is holding the universe between His hands and works on it continuously intervening every now and then? If so, I think we would've been used to seeing miracles on a regular basis.
"The most incomprehensible thing about the universe, is that it is comprehensible" - Albert Einstein.
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