You forgot to quote the rest of my response which has not been refuted.Wrong. Another answer is that energy (saying "matter" is redundant, please take note) has always existed.There is only one answer. Energy and matter are created from nothing
It’s existence creates and is space and time. And then it begins to expand and cool. And will continue cooling until it reaches thermal equilibrium.
Only a moron would argue that energy doesn’t flow from high energy to low energy objects.
Only a moron would argue that there is not a limit to this flow.
Only a moron would argue that the limit wasn’t the uniform temperature of all objects.
Are you a moron?