[Theo]

If you believe this, and you want to believe the bible, then you are setting yourself up for a lot of mockery

I don't mind the mockery. I'd rather the Lord be pleased that I trust His Word.

[Thatcherite]

I'd rather the Lord be pleased that I trust His Word.

Do you think that God is displeased when men use their brains to honestly and open-mindedly investigate His creation then? If Genesis is literally true the evidence forces us to the conclusion that either God altered the evidence to make it look false, or he permitted some other agency (Satan?) to do so.