Is that really the best place to start? Isn't God more relevant in today's world? Why not miracles? The power of prayer? Faith healing? The human condition and God's affect on the world today? The veracity of the Bible?
If God exists and has a manifestation in this modern day, then convince me of that. But leading with "Well, the universe must have come from somewhere..." strikes me as starting on shaky ground.
It's all a big argument from ignorance: "We don't know where the universe came from, so let's label that unknown thing 'God', and start from there."
It assumes that the universe came from somewhere. Why is this a valid assumption? If you're going to base an argument that begins with "The universe was created, therefore..." you first need to demonstrate that the premise is indeed true.
I was recently on an airplane, and the lady next to me crossed herself as the plane was taking off, as well as after it landed. Did that help reduce the chances that something bad would happen to the plane? I didn't cross myself. Did that have an effect? If everyone on every plane ever crossed themselves before and after, would we have fewer plane crashes?
These are much more interesting and potential convincing discussions to me than "Well, were do YOU think the universe came from?"
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