Everyone wishes there was a sweet afterlife, but something like that doesn't just happen on it's own like creation of the universe does. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
One virtue of this picture, if correct, is that the spontaneous creation of our universe gives a definite starting point to things. (discovermagazine.com)
In the book, they try to argue for a spontaneous creation of the universe that requires no explanation or origin. (faith.org.uk)