[BroJoeK]

webheart: "God created them 6,000 years ago when he created the Earth.
He just made them look old so we would be confused.
He also made the whole vast universe at the same time to test our faith."

That is the first time I've seen anybody post what must be one logical possibility -- God deliberately planted evidence to trick scientists into thinking that Earth is billions, not just thousands, of years old.
I don't buy it, except as a remote theological possibility.
That's because, first, the evidence is far too extensive and consistent to be faked.
But second and far more important, nothing in the Bible suggests God is trickster.

[Moonman62]

From the article I posted in #15:

But the argument that life seems to have evolved very early and quickly, so therefore is inherently likely, can be turned around, Dr. Joyce said. “You could ask why, if life were such a probable event, we don’t have evidence of multiple origins,” he said.

In fact, with trivial variations, there is only one genetic code for all known forms of life, pointing to a single origin.

[Bellflower]

That's because, first, the evidence is far too extensive and consistent to be faked

Aha, just like global warming.