Finkelstein:.." The basis of his theory is there was energy first, well where did that energy originate from ?
Time (the dimension) and energy are thought to be fundamental. You can not have anything if it does not have time to exist in. As far as we can conceive it, they are eternal, so would be their originator/shaper.
Venus is not focussing the questions on anything beyond the horizon, and that is fine., but that excludes the big questions.