We can only observe events now, in the middle of the process, and the idea of infinite points in the past leads to the implication that time is not unidirectional. These questions cannot currently be answered. The last section is a comparison of the three described methods. The two Jewish theologies are very similar. Creation is an insight gained from the biblical text accepted as divine revelation, expanded on by scientific observbation.
Creation is a single, divine act outside of time and it has moral direction.
The first conflict with physics is about time. If creation did take place in time, it would be entirely different than our unidirectional sense of time. They always remian an ideal- never an actuality. The conclusion reached is that creation is the origin of time, but that creation does no occur in time. Second, Jewish philosphy holds taht the world was created from nothing.