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It is not merely the existence of the earth that implies it, but the fact that it has a beginning. There's other evidence in physics and thermodynamics that the universe's beginning could be explained with an external trigger. The fact that the universe does not stretch endlessly into the past, and there's a beginning of "time" does allude to the possibility of a creator.
This logic may not apply to the creator themselves, as there's no evidence that they have a beginning too, and they don't need one to be a creator. In fact, it makes more sense that they don't.
But this is all very hand wavy in the end. I don't mean to say it is certain. But I do think there's a good argument for it.
Why do you think the universe needs a beginning, but there are special rules for your god because of?... magic?
One of the primary assertions of the Big Bang Theory is that the universe has a beginning, and it is thus far the most widely accepted explanation of the origin of the universe.
Also please tone down the passive aggression. No one said anything about magic, and this isn't Reddit :)
This may seem like splitting hairs, but please bear with me: this statement is quite incorrect except in the most colloquial sense of the term "beginning." The big bang describes the processes that led to what we understand as the current presentation of the universe. It does not offer any explanation about the actual origins of the matter and energy that make up the universe; in fact, it requires that they were already present in an extremely hot and dense state for the initial expansion to occur. This is a common misconception among theists and non-scientists and it's a bit nuanced, but it's really important. To state in a different way that might more directly counter your statement: my understanding is that the energy and matter that we observe as making up the universe has always existed, and there is no scientific theory that I'm aware of that claims it hasn't.
Speculating about the supposed properties of a creator of the universe that has no evidence of existing is pretty useless. You might as well be talking about magic.