To me it looks like you've been reading a website about quotes from physicist that look like they support a belief in god,
As shown by the opening quotation mark on the quote with a lack of a quotation mark on the end.
Many people do not like the idea that time has a beginning, probably because it smacks of divine intervention.
I think it is obvious it is a cut and paste from some other site.
Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts