Thanks.
I've been working on formulating this since I started posting on these threads. Insights welcome.
from that understanding: The core of the issue IS the theology of the entire Bible and its basis or foundation in the beginning of Genesis. Specifically the fall of man through sin which introduced death as payment for sin and brought about the ultimate payment of that sin debt in the death of the human form of God on the cross.
So if death existed before the fall of man into sin then why? And not just "why" to death but "why" to the specific death on the cross (and subsequent resurrection) which is core to the Christian faith.
(Again I'm not asking you specifically any questions, but that is my understanding of the issue for "young earth" creationists.)