Personally, I think it doesn't matter that much whether the universe created itself, or whether a higher being (which must have been created by something) created the universe. There is a chance that we are the greatest specie ever created. So why shouldn't we take advantage of that? People are able to create and maybe even create life in good time. I suspect that the definition has been somewhat glorified over the years. Everyone could be / become a god, provided they are open to this. As long as your mind is different from others. Take a book, for example. the reader has no power, he is but an observer. But the author is different, he can change the future, decides about the way of things that are. If a person manages to get it done, to be the author, and draft a new chapter in human history, a chapter where humankind can be more than it is today, a chapter where just perhaps we can all still exist together.