No, I don’t assume He couldn’t.
I assert he _wouldn’t_.
Initiating a universe “mid flight” as it were means you have to explain why He didn’t do exactly that 20 minutes ago.
Why would He create something of utterly astounding complexity just to make it all _look_ like it has been around much longer when it _wasn’t_? To wit: why would God lie?
“I assert he _wouldn’t_.
Initiating a universe “mid flight” as it were means you have to explain why He didn’t do exactly that 20 minutes ago.”
Why? Why do I need to assert anything that God can or cannot do?
“Why would He create something of utterly astounding complexity just to make it all _look_ like it has been around much longer when it _wasn’t_?”
Why did Tolkien create a back history for Middle Earth? It wasn’t needed. Or was it?
God doesn’t lie. Neither has God issued any formal pronouncements about the age of the Universe. There is more than one way to interpret Genesis, and more than one way to interpret the physical things we see. God is not lying if YOU read in to something what He has never said...