Excellent, Rich, so glad to hear that. I was already convinced that was what you meant, but I missed the larger conclusion and had no option other than filling in that unfilled spot with words I did hear you say. Apologies are in place.

I know we are very close in agreeing about lots actually, and I accept in you the person who knows more than I do.

Do you mind repeating your stance on the big picture?

I have that you do not have warm feelings for singularities, but I do not have clear in my mind in how far you believe the larger picture is still uncertain.

I call out the breaking of the prior state of the universe as a fact. I even claim it is a scientific fact because the underlying support is present.

Curious if this is acceptable to you or not. Again, I need a refresher on your position about the larger reality in which we exist. I hope you don't mind.

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Of course, this is not about declaring each and every aspect about the prior state. It is with the larger perspective that (larger) facts can be declared.

A: The results tell us there was a source indeed for these results to appear from.

B: The results tell us, through the diversity of the results, that if there was a prior unified state of whatever kind, then that prior unified state broke, leading to results that had not existed before. In case there was no prior unified state, then the setup of that not-unified state broke to the point certain outcomes could become self-based nevertheless, expressing themselves in ways that had not occurred before.

C: The dualities we witness from a scientific perspective provide overwhelming evidence that unification is not a norm to entertain in science. The foundation for the idea of unification exists therefore nowhere else than inside the heads of scientists.

D: Duality confirmed by science include the convergent behavior of matter at the local level (planet, star) and the divergent behavior as considered for matter in the Big Bang model. There are a few steps in between showing a mixture of both (i.e. with solar system and galaxy, a move from more convergence toward more divergence).
Another scientific duality is found with the charge seen at the subatomic level and the neutral outcome in charge at the universal level. Or said differently, the oppositional nature of the positive charge of the proton and the negative charge of the electron show us a duality without these leading to the annihilation of the charge at the subatomic level.
The quantum reality is based on uncertainty, whereas the atomic level is based on certainty.

E: The quarks tell us that an extreme event occurred at the end of the prior energized state because quarks do not exist by themselves, so they could have only be forged under extreme conditions. The subsequent action seen with the CMBR indicates that at that point the extreme circumstances had been reversed and had become normalized, whereas the energy in question could no longer be normalized.

There likely are more, Rich, but let's leave it at these.

Again, I am looking at certainties we have about the big picture, about the origin of the current state, and not just about the atomic reality.

Thank you in advance for your reply. Know that I appreciate our communications a lot.