just to point out....once again....that it was not me who referred to evolutionism in this thread, but since Richard has raised it yet again.......no I don't think God faked the ages of fossils....they don't come with an age on them, and frequently dating methods give varying ages, and even sometimes give millions of yrs on rocks of known more recent age. he obviously don't mind exaggeration though, since he reads far more into my post than I either expressed or meant.