To think that the earth (universe, i.e., "firmament") is only about 6,000 years old requires ignoring an overwhelming amount of evidence to the contrary.

I am reminded of the conversation between the religiously devout individual who followed science and cosmology with fascination, thinking, "This is how God did it! Amazing!!" A "young earth creationist" challenged his belief in science and insisted that All This was created in literally six days and that Adam and Eve were real people, and all that. To which the one fascinated by science responded:

"I'm sorry, but from my viewpoint, your God is too small."

It's the difference between the immense knowledge and power of an Entity capable of creating a cosmos as it is described by modern science, an Entity of such magnitude that any person who claims to know "the Mind of God" is simply spouting nonsense, and an anthropomorphic super-wizard (think Gandolf with a halo), cut down to a size that can be comprehended by our own limited understanding.

Don Firth