I believe that the universe and its contents were created as described in the Book of Genesis. I believe that *empirical* science backs up such a view, and points to a universe that's significantly younger than the first millions, then tens of millions, then hundreds of millions and now billions of years that evolutionists postulate. Supporting information is available on the internet from a series of creationist websites, the foremost of which is the Answers in Genesis site at
http://www.answersingenesis.org
I do not believe in the Genesis Gap Theory, or the Day-Age interpretation of Genesis which holds each day of creation to be millions or billions of years long. Such attempts by Christians to reconcile what they would like to believe (John 3:16) with what they feel they must believe (the television and print pronouncements of atheistic scientists which conflict with Genesis) do a great disservice to the church.
As Ken Ham so eloquently states, "In evolution, through death came man. In Genesis, through man came death." Evolution is a system which depends on the births and deaths of countless creatures and manlike animals prior to the first steps of Homo Sapiens. Genesis is a record which states that prior to the transgression of Adam and Eve, there was no death on earth. The two points of view simply cannot coexist.