So I can further understand your position, how old do you believe the Earth and subsequently the universe to be?
Greetings, RA.
I take the Genesis account of creation at face value, i.e. literally. The biblical text requires more study than I have given personally, but I'm sure you would classify me as a YEC guy. I'm not one to posit the age of the earth as a matter of scientific certainty.
One way to check into it might be to trace the current pattern of planetary orbits and see how far back in time we would have to travel to see all of the observable planets perfectly aligned, but even this excercise assumes too much, IMO. How long ago was it?