I don’t believe God is a ‘conscious’ being.  I don’t actually think he has a hand in anything that directs our lives.  Our time here in Earth is but a figment.  To think there is a higher ’being’ is something that I can’t accept unfortunately.  However, I don’t think we are here for no reason.  I think we are here to affirm that the universe actually exists.  If we weren’t here to discover and ponder its existence, would it even exist?