[sauron]

The idea is that scientists don't want a universe with a concrete beginning: it implies a creation event, and since nothing creates itself, it can imply a Creator, or another universe creating it, but then, what created that other universe (since nothing creates itself)--another Creator?

Steady State (or any pop theory amounting to such) is an elegant mathematical way to commit the logical fallacy of "begging the question" by not addressing: What was the First Cause?

Remember: Nothing creates itself.

Remember: There is no such thing as infinity.

Q.E.D., Kalam Cosmological Argument, q.v.

Sauron

[atomicpossum]

Sure. And it's really a fool's errand to try to understand the formation of the Universe without understanding what is outside the Universe.

It's like trying to reconcile where the interior of your house came from (if it's all you've ever known) if you have no understanding of anything outside your house.