Hell and God cant Co-exist.

[Angrboda]

My observation, one that seems pretty obvious is that only actual things can cause change. Is the observation itself valid? Is there a compelling reason to suppose that this observation is an illusion? Why do you feel justified excluding this particular observation from rational inquiry?

What do you mean by 'cause change'? This seems like a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of cause, as cause is nothing more than an a posteriori derived relationship between two entities. It's not a thing in itself. To answer your question, an entity possessed of low entropy, like the initial state of our universe, can result in change because of the statistical probability of there being an easily accessible higher state of entropy. Is entropy an actual thing in the sense that you mean? No it is not. So no, your observation did not include all relevant observations and was wrong. Why do you want to exclude the creation of the universe from your observations?