Sure He could have. But as far as I know He's allowed His laws of nature to have their way throughout recorded history, although records also indicate He has intervened on our behalf from time to time in a way that contradicts what we perceive to be those laws.
The point is, that if you actually observed that there is no fossil record, you wouldn't abandon the flood "theory". There is nothing that would make you do so. That's why it's not science.
The point is, that if you actually observed that there is no fossil record, you wouldn't abandon the flood "theory". There is nothing that would make you do so. That's why it's not science.