Are you saying, then, that you believe that the Earth is less than 10,000 years old?
In order for my witness to be consistent with Scripture, Yes! If I tried to do the convolutions required to explain away the clear context and meaning of the Book of Genesis, I would have to admit intellectual dishonesty and call Jesus Christ clearly deceptive.
Sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ rarely requires a discussion about when God created the universe, rather it involves describing who the God that created the universe is and what He did for us.
I have no trouble personally believing that God instantaneously stretched the universe out like a scroll -- including the light waves that extend millions of light years. The scripture says this explicitly.
Isa 45:12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, [even] my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
God also created man upon the earth, not a precursor to man. The language is far to explicit. God hurled the galaxies that are clocked at 200,000 miles per hour, not some theoretical reverse black hole. God caused a flood that makes the effacing Tsunami of South West Asia look like child's play. We cannot fathom the geologic implications of a world wide flood. But what we see could possibly be explained by one (see my freeper home page for illustrations).
In the process of creating the material for our universe, it is likely that the atomic "aging" was accelerated beyond the physical laws we are constrained to presently. When Jesus can enter and exit a room without using the door, as we believe He did, we realize that non-linear, supernatural events, have been witnessed by our fellow believer's. Phillips transportation to the desert to share with the Ethiopian Eunuch is another non-linearity that we acknowledge as a reality.
It is far more common sensical to believe God created the environment for life on this planet, and that He sent His Son to the only place in the universe that contained souls created in His image. Consider all of the fine tuned parameters that are critical to the sustenance of life. Also consider the ramifications of billions of years of catastrophes that easily would have crushed the environment that enables life. Planetary shifts, Comets, Meteors, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Atmospheric fluctuations...
Yes I believe God created the universe in the last 10,000 years.
Funny, they have found remains of men that are older than 10,000 years. I wonder how that happened?