In the case of simulation, origin of simulation does not stem from this reality. It is not like The Matrix where machines (which you can see and feel) created computer simulation. There are tools available for the entities in other realities which enable them to create something in the reality "below" them. Thus the term demiurge came to be. Being that is godly in nature and is a worker that makes something.
Now, where opinions differ is what is allegiance of the being/beings that created this universe. Some religions or spiritual movements distinctly tells us that creator is an evil being and this here is a prison reality, which has honeypot traps to draw souls to incarnate here. Jesus said that Satan is the ruler of Earth, but what if he is literally ruler and creator of Earth? That is same like Yazidis belief which states that Peacock Angel inherited ownership of the universe from the God. In other version, he is the creator himself. But in both cases he is not The God and is apart from Him.
So what does this tell us? God exists but might not have been part of this world. It is only in minority of cases where he shines in this reality and that is basically for saints/yogis/etc.
Now, where opinions differ is what is allegiance of the being/beings that created this universe. Some religions or spiritual movements distinctly tells us that creator is an evil being and this here is a prison reality, which has honeypot traps to draw souls to incarnate here. Jesus said that Satan is the ruler of Earth, but what if he is literally ruler and creator of Earth? That is same like Yazidis belief which states that Peacock Angel inherited ownership of the universe from the God. In other version, he is the creator himself. But in both cases he is not The God and is apart from Him.
So what does this tell us? God exists but might not have been part of this world. It is only in minority of cases where he shines in this reality and that is basically for saints/yogis/etc.