“Even if our universe is a small part of a multi-verse, that multi-verse must have had a beginning. None of these scenarios can be past eternal. All the evidence that we have concludes that the universe had a beginning.”

atheist cosmologist Alexander Vilenkin 2012, from the paper “Did The Universe Have a Beginning?” in which he surveys current theories regarding modern cosmologies.

Notice that he does not say that the evidence for a beginning outweighs the evidence against a beginning. He says, “All the evidence that we have concludes that matter / energy had a beginning.