Shadowlight's Lighthouse

An atheist (possibly named Deena Dobkins) asks: What did God do before he created the universe?

The logical answer is: pretty much the same thing the total energy of the entire universe did before the Big Bang. it probably involved wondering if it was too early to get up and make coffee.

The C.S. Lewis answer is (i think): creating other, older universes. God probably has a whole workshop full of them, and when one ends, he builds a new one for that spot on the shelf.

The Mal answer is: Volleyball. Mal will demonstrate this point by playing a betamax videocassette of an animated movie you've never heard of, wherein a child Jesus is playing volleyball with His white-bearded father, while the Holy Spirit referees...
and Jesus says, "hey, Dad, you know what would be good with this? What if we had a beach? We could separate those waters over there from the dry land.....and, um, maybe some other people to play? not that it's not fun with just the three of us."
and the Father smiles and says, "sure, son. knock yourself out."
and the son goes over and says, "okay... let's have some light."
and the father gestures and there's light, and the son says "thanks, that's good." and he packs the cloud of yellow glowing stuff into a yellow glowing ball-shape and moves it closer like a lamp.

....creation of man, fall of man, ("now it's all ruined!" "it's okay, son, maybe we can fix it."), the covenant with Abraham ("wait! ....we changed our mind. Don't kill your son, Abraham. We'll find someone else."), the Incarnation ("You made them male and female. If you're going to become one of them, you need to have a mother. So, look closely. choose carefully. Who will it be?") and the Resurrection ("I know I can't fix everything for them. but let me go back and make sure they understand.") At each point, it's clear to the viewer that the father is using the son's world-building as a learning experience for the son.
Although the movie appears to have been taped off tv, the only commercials are for the Church of Latter-Day Saints (circa early 80s, "Don't let the magic pass you by" ad campaign) and Sea Monkeys.