True, because in either case the universe is some 14 billion years old.
That's why I said, the theory of evolution does not fall outside of such a preposterous proposition.
What "preposterous proposition" are you talking about? You are not being very clear here on what you mean.
There is no need, nor to my thinking is it plausible, to assume "apparent age" as a way to explain the age of the universe.
On the contrary, there is no reason to assume the age of the universe is any different than it looks.
The universe is as old as it is, but no one is quite sure how old.
Think again. If a god created you yesterday as a 70-year-old man complete with appropriate memories and an objectively verifiable history, then to suggest that you are anything but 70 years old is an act of apparent insanity.
That the universe came into being last Thursday. Don't you know it was the Thursday before last? Otherwise, I see where you're coming from.
Some say that if one were to traverse a straight line away from earth for an infinite time and/or distance one would once again return to the point of origin. If that is true of space it may also be true of time, in which case last Thursday is as much the present moment as 14 billion years from now or 14 billion years in the past.