Where did the universe come from? Atheistic origin science has no answer.

[Chas]

something started it. Unless you are in the nothing camp.

"Science" uses every solution to rule out "smarts" or "universe making a choice". The theists could use this knowledge. But then again, "science" doesn't do a thing does it? The easiest thing to rule out is "nothing" doing it. I think.

Something started what? That means absolutely nothing to me. Stuff was here yesterday and the day before and on back as far as we know. Before there was stuff there was a big bang. Before that we just don't know but I personally can't imagine there isn't another mega scale of things from which singularities are common place. On some level of description, universes probably reside one packed cheek to jowl with its neighbors on all sides. From within any one universe you'll never be able to detect the others for a number of good reasons.

Want to ask what started the multiple universes popping in and out of existence? Why bother, we are in no position to answer the question. Likewise with the question of origins. It is beyond our ken. From the fact that origins are beyond our comprehension, no assumptions follow.

Things that are currently beyond our ken won't necessarily always be. If scientific inquiry has shown us anything, it has shown us that.

As physicists continue to find out more about the nature of reality, they may develop the tools and knowledge to answer some or all of those questions.

Theologians? Not so much.