Hi Carel and welcome
Maybe there was an influence of some kind. Maybe..
I don't actually have a problem with someone suggesting the possibility that our universe may have been created by some other intelligent entity. After all, maybe we will invent the technology someday to make other universes.
But of course you then have the problem of who created the first universe, and whether or not that could go back infinitely.
And I do absolutely object to anyone who jumps from the idea that our universe may have been created by an intelligent entity to the conclusion that it must have been one of those "god" characters of myth. There's no link whatsoever.
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