Scientists can sometimes be quite dense. You don’t have to be a scientist to know that the universe as it exists now could not just create itself out of nothing. And you can’t claim that it has always been there without facing the logical nightmare of going infinitely backwards in time.
“Scientists can sometimes be quite dense. You don’t have to be a scientist to know that the universe as it exists now could not just create itself out of nothing.”
Well, you have the same problem with God. Who created God?
“And you can’t claim that it has always been there without facing the logical nightmare of going infinitely backwards in time.”
They can’t claim it has always been here at all. Einstein confirmed the “solid state” model as incompatible with the observed universe some hundred-odd years ago.