The BB did not start with nothing. The object was very small, smaller than an atom, and not heavy, 10 kilograms. Nobody is pretending that there actually was such a thing even though the mathematical model with all its attachments reduces to that when it is run back to Start. As you might guess, I believe the BB is an illusion.
Why would there be an "illusion" before there was any mind to conceive it? I'm sure I'm not following you, Right Whale. Must be my fault.
Do you mean to say the BB is an illusion because the universe is "eternal," i.e., had no beginning?
E= Mc2
M=E/c2
"Where did the ENERGY come from?"