Exactly. The Bible that I use the most devotes a whopping 2 pages to the creation story. Not only that, the creation story is mostly about WHO created the universe, not HOW or WHEN. If God had wanted us to know more of these details, including the age of the universe, He would have included it in the Bible. It is obviously not an important issue to God, so why should it be an important issue to use?
While we're at it...
There is no Biblical authority for the date of Jesus' birth. I submit that his birth is relatively unimportant, as all me are born. What is important isn't that he died on the cross either (stay with me!), as all men die.
What he did is come back of his own accord, THAT is unique. THAT is THE defining moment of Christianity. Even his Disciples doubted until they knew he had risen.
And that is also an event that the Bible precisely dates!
There's where our calendar should start, with the day of resurrection, not with something so common as a birth, but with a singular rebirth.
Extra bonus points:
That means this isn't the 2007th Year of Redemption.
And that means we haven't yet reached the True Millennium, either...
Very good point. I take it a step furthur, not everything God left us to learn of his works was written in a book.
If he wanted it so easy he would never have given us such minds as these.