Over the years I’ve found it fruitless to argue over the age of the earth. You are not likely to change anyone’s position.
I do know and believe that we can not directly measure that age, and can only estimate it based on indirect measurements and observations. As such, there are numerous presuppositions, assumptions, perspectives and world-views that color the way data is and can be interpreted - leading to vastly different conclusions.
What I do know and believe by faith, is that someday, I’ll have all the time needed to ask the Creator just how He did it! (see tagline)
Not everyone will acknowledge this fact.
Thank you for putting in perspective.
What I think many people challenge in questioning the old age of the earth is the unmitigated arrogance of scientists who claim (state) that they KNOW for sure the age of the earth, and if you dare to question their superior intellect by not accepting what they state, it throws them into a total tailspin, complete with pejoratives, personal attacks, infantile snarky remarks about the person's level of intelligence, etc.
Something about science seems to breed a cocky arrogance in its practitioners.
And considering how often today's scientific breakthrough is tomorrow's foolish myth, there's no reason for it.
Scientists CLAIM that science is constantly changing as new evidence comes in, and in that case that means what they had determined beforehand was wrong. So it's pretty arrogant of them to get into such a snit over people questioning their claims when by their own admission, most of what they've ever put forth is wrong.