No, it's becasue of a misunderstanding of the Book of Genesis in the Bible. Beginning with Genesis 1:3 is an account of what we call "creation," really a re-creation and can be traced to about 6000 years. The earth was already there. Before Genesis 1:3 was Genesis 1:1: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." Nobody knows how long ago the earth was created.
Actually, the name of the schema you are promoting is “The Gap Theory.” It was developed in the late 1800s in order to accommodate the vast ages of time promulgated by the Darwinists.
Serious Hebrew scholars of Genesis today see no evidence at all in the text of Genesis 1:1-3 of Moses implying a gigantic time gap—which would make up 99.99+% of the time earth has existed, according to the Naturalists—compared to the 6,000 years of recorded history.
See for yourself in the text:
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.” (Gen 1:1-3)
God’s people too, from Moses to the ancient Jews, to Jesus, the disciples, and into the Church—up through the 1700s, always understood Genesis to be literally true...and the universe not vastly old....
Usher’s exact chronology is certainly not accurate (where he dated the earth to have been created in exactly 4004 BC), however—the great Flood is clearly taught in scripture as literal (as if it were a local flood, all the time and effort building an ark would be silly....), and the worldwide flood is explicitly rejected by old earth creationists & theistic evolutionists.....
And in we go....
I’m a young earther and the Bible is very clear that the creation took 6 days. Either we believe what the Bible tells us or not and that’s up to each of us to decide.
Re-creation is not supported by any scripture either.
Get the book Refuting Compromise by Jonathan Sarfati (On Amazon for under $15) and read it for yourself. He goes right at every issue that supports an old earth and takes them apart. But don’t believe me check it out for yourself.
I’ve always said and I try to stick with it that all my beliefs are put on the table to debate. I’d rather find out I’m wrong NOW rather then LATER if you know what I mean. :)
JB