I was actually told once that it was Satan that planted all that silly old earth evidence to fool us and lead us away from God. So I guess the jury is still out as to whether God planted the evidence to fake us out or Satan did it to lead us astray.
I was told the same thing, and then I wondered how Satan got the power to be the Creator and even make whole new galaxies and stars that we can see even though they’re WAY more than 6,000 light years away.
And if Satan has the power to create fossils that date with radiometric dating back millions of years, then nothing we see can be verified.
Satan could have written the Bible if that line of logic is pursued.