"Look back at my post, Mr. perfect reason and senses, and you'll see that I asked a question. I did not make a statement."
Yes you did, Mr. Postmodern Prevarication.
"How is it deceitful for God to create a universe demonstrating age when He is essentially eternal?"
If the age that is demonstrated is nowhere near the actual age then the God is a lying, deceiving SOB.
That being said, I see no evidence that such an evil God exists.
If you had a way to determine geologic ages by direct observation rather than through inferences and guesswork then you might have a case. As it stands, however, you only have foggy notions about the age of the form of those things you have been given to observe. You have no case for intimating God as a prevaricator. The case is much greater when it comes to the possibility that we are the ones inclined to deceive, not God.
Meanwhile, shame on Chrysler for being so deceitful as to build a car with retro design; a car that looks older than it really is. And shame on those deceitful people who apply antique finishes to new furniture for the very purpose of making it look old. Has it ever occurred to you that the appearance of old age might be a matter of aesthetics?
But then it is characteristic of the apostles of evolutionism to get hung up on appearances with little concern for the substance. Thankfully the better part of science is not so lazy and dogmatic at the same time.