If it's possible to have knowledge about the beginning of the universe at all, it is certainly not through faith. Faith is not a path to any knowledge at all. You can't know anything just because you choose to believe it, and such an absurd idea would be rejected out of hand in any field except religion.
Does faith tell you how gravity works? Or nuclear fusion? Or how to drive your car to work?
...”You can’t know anything just because you choose to believe it”....
Sure you can...we do that every day of our life....explain the workings of love?
You said further...” such an absurd idea would be rejected out of hand in any field except religion.”
Which of course is why it’s not accepted by some as with others ....this issue you’re presenting is “knowledge” as opposed to “believing”. I am saying you can ‘Know’ through ‘belief’....you’re disputing this ..is that right?