Does the Westboro Baptist Church ring any bells?
The Westboro Baptist Church (no relation to Southern Baptists) are assholes. Whether they are Christian assholes or not is not my call. There is Judge who will determine that.
And even if a Scientist speaks with integrity and only facts supported by scientific observations, it still doesn't trump information given us by the Creator. Our best science is inferior to the Creator's, so Scientific Method doesn't trump Word of the Creator. He has MAJOR credibility. That said, the Lord gave us a brain and does expect us to use it. If the two conflict, then we need to examine both to see if there is a problem with our understanding.
Having examined the scripture, it's possible that something was lost in translation, but not very likely. The wording of scripture strongly implies a 6000 year time frame. The genealogies may skip some generations but the wording is such that Joe was xxx years old when Bob was born. And Bob was xxx years old when Fred was born. It doesn't leave much room for interpretation. There's a little more wiggle room after the Flood but not much. Most scholars think no more than about 500 years.
The use of the words "Morning and night" in Genesis strongly imply the first 7 days were days as we know and understand them.
So examining the science, I can see a number of assumptions that could be wrong. The ratio of isotopes in the beginning, the decay rate (looks constant now), leaching of isotopes in and out, etc. There could be aspects of Physics we don't yet understand that someday we will look back and say, wow, that looks obvious now, no wonder our models were bad.
I simply note the discrepancy and having weighed both, find scripture to be the more likely scenario. I have many Christian brothers who accept science's claims of evolution and long ages and modify their perception of scripture accordingly. I think that's a mistake. Doesn't make them non-Christians.