Hey, Les:

Having studied two years into a Doctorate in Geology and having taught Historical Geology on a college level, I never found the slightest problem in the actual age of the earth. There must be at least five or six Christians left on the planet who take the account of the origin of the earth and calculate it's age from the bible. So far, at 69, I haven't met one yet. If you want to make generalizations about Christians, take the time to really get to know some.

Or perhaps, things are really much weirder in Britain. :-)

Jerry