They have been smashing atoms and observing subatomic particles for decades and not once have they discovered anything close to resembling dark matter and dark energy.
It doesn't exist.
Funny that most physicists think it does exist.
The 2011 Nobel Prize was awarded to the astronomers who actually discovered that the universal expansion was accelerating.
And we have no way of detecting what we call dark matter all we know is that there is something out there that is causing expansion to accelerate when the physics we understand tells us the opposite should be happening
Show me one who explains it's role in the creation of the universe. Can you do that?
Because from where I sit this is a red herring to distract from the discussion that the universe popped into existence.
We only know what happened the instant AFTER the universe came into being. I have never said anything refuting the age or the time of the origin of the universe onlythat there are things in the universe we don't understand.
And it only makes sense to think that if what we call dark matter is causing the acceleration of the expansion then that same dark matter came into existence with the universe.
It's not too great a leap to think there are things in the universe we don't and may not ever understand.
Do you believe that objects will equilibrate in temperature?
Because if you do - and you should - it is not possible for matter/energy to exist forever without equilibrating. Thus, matter and energy must have a beginning.
Why is this concept so hard for you to understand? Because this is how we know that matter and energy did not create the universe.
As to your ridiculous assumption that dark matter came into existence with the universe... 1. you have already admitted not understanding it so no conclusions can be drawn by you. and 2. and most importantly, that's not the prevailing model for dark matter. I suggest you do a little research on this before making foolish statements. Or you could continue along this line and I will do it for you.