“The notion of God and His creation must be eliminated at all costs.”
Not at all. G-d can be behind a “bouncing” universe as easily as a big-bang universe; once one accepts that in the beginning - of “this” universe, or the previous/next one in the previous/next “bounce” - there was “nothing” and then there was light. Unless you’re going with the creationists “young earth” theories.
Nonsense. At least, such bouncing nonsense contradicts the Judeo-Christian Scriptures. These eggheads will never know what came before the beginning, so revelation is all we have. I'll stick with Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."