An actual reply:
The question “How did the universe arise?” is equivalent to “How did God arise?”. You do not have to explain how the universe came into existence in order to accept that it exists, and the same applies to God.
Your long reply can simply be summarized by saying God fails occam’s razor. He does not help us understand the universe nor the physical phenomena; He is just a less embarrassing replacement of the word magic. God has poor explanatory power, and this is a good argument.
If from the beginning you do not accept that God is a good explanation for our existence, you do not have to play the theist’s game. If you do, then you cannot afterwards tell the theist to provide an explanation for his God, because 1)this is a meaningless question and 2)his theology already provides an adequate answer.
An actual reply: The question “How did the universe arise?” is equivalent to “How did God arise?”. You do not have to explain how the universe came into existence in order to accept that it exists, and the same applies to God.
Your long reply can simply be summarized by saying God fails occam’s razor. He does not help us understand the universe nor the physical phenomena; He is just a less embarrassing replacement of the word magic. God has poor explanatory power, and this is a good argument.
If from the beginning you do not accept that God is a good explanation for our existence, you do not have to play the theist’s game. If you do, then you cannot afterwards tell the theist to provide an explanation for his God, because 1)this is a meaningless question and 2)his theology already provides an adequate answer.