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The words used in v.19 do not indicate that the animals were created at that moment for Adam to name, but that the animals had been created by God in the past. A more accurate translation would be :

Interesting. This is EXACTLY the same logic you refuse to accept concerning the day of creation of the sun. God created light on the first day. This is obviously the sun. You can't have it both ways.

"This is obviously the sun"

How is this the Sun? There is no mention of the Sun for 4 days. It just mentions light. Can light exist without the Sun? The issue in Genesis 2 is one of translation. Your issue with Genesis 1 is one of Interpretation. Big differense. Genesis 1 says the sun was MADE on the the 4th day. It accounts what happened on the 4th day. According to you, everything that happened on the 4th day, actually happened on the first day. The Sun was created on the first day, but the Sun did not get placed in the heavens until the 4th day. This is twisting and turning.

Genesis 1:14 - And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so.

And God said... and it was so. This does not in any way imply it happened at anytime prior to the 4th day. God said on the 4th day, let this happen, and it happened. There is no indication of previous existence. You imply it existed because your worldview requires it.

It seems that we will just have to be in disagreement. I enjoyed our discussion and I wish you well.

JM