[David]

In 1970 atheists Steven Hawking and Roger Penrose published their now-famous space-time theorem, which demonstrated that any universe . . . . must have had a beginning, implying a transcendant causal agent, which comports perfectly with the God of the Bible.

Better than "comports perfectly"--what is the alternative possible explanation?

Who started the expansion if not God? Where is the Universe located or where was it located when the expansion started? Exactly how does even the scientifically well informed modern man conceptualize the Universe if he excludes God?

[Hebrews 11:6]

Exactly how does even the scientifically well informed modern man conceptualize the Universe if he excludes God?

1. Foolishly: "The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”" Psalm 14:1; 10:4, 53:1, 74:22; Romans 1:21-23

2. Wickedly: "...people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness..." Romans 1:18, 25

3. Depravedly: "...they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind..." Romans 1:28

4. Fancifully: (pre-1930) Assumes a Steady-State Universe that somehow has always existed (disproven).
(post-1970) Posits a Multiverse that is definitionally unscientific because untestable (so, they hope desperately, unassailable).