Tim Miller wrote:

Michael Tobis wrote:

Maybe we should just ask everyone posting to this list whether or not
they believe the earth to be over a million years old.

God in her infinite wisdom created the Earth 6000 years ago already 4
billion years old. Surely an omnipotent being can create the universal
state machine to any desired initial state.

But (s)he could just as easily have done it last Tuesday.

Beats me why anyone wants their God to be no better than a dodgy antique
dealer creating a new object and then distressing it to make it look
spuriously older and more valuable to fool the punters.
Bishop Usher has a lot to answer for...

Regards,
Martin Brown