A voice said "...Now."
Beyond that, I have no comment. =]
I do find it fascinating that, as you wind the BBT (Big Bang Theory) back to time t=0, you arrive at a point where all the contents of the universe are in a single point source of zero volume and infinite density... and going to time t=-1 femtosecond brings us entirely into the unknown.
I find no qualitative difference between these conjectures and the metaphysical. Of course, that doesn't disprove either one.
It wasn't though, if I understand Guth correctly. There are processes and the time spans and volumes are small but never zero.