I was raised in a church that taught YE creationism and wanted to believe it, but saw problems in the evidence in the physical world. I went to a Christian college that is officially YE and hoped that they would help clarify things, but all they offered was criticism of various points of evolution with no coherent YE explanation given for all of the data. I'm now in grad school (in the sciences) and in my personal studying on the topic I've decided the young earth/anti-evolutionist position is untenable considering the facts. My reading regarding this has been pretty comprehensive--I've hit biology, genetics, chemistry, geology, and cosmology. I just finished a book on theories of the origin of the solar system (although I admit I skimmed over the calculus!), which is why the previous poster's response to the article irked me so much.
I am a Bible believing Christian. The Bible says nothing about the age of the earth. Many Bible scholars do not believe the so called young earth theory. If you need more information, I would be glad to discuss it with you.
If you don't mind, I have another question. I'm guessing that you'd still characterize yourself as religious. Do you perceive any tension (and if so, how do you reconcile it) between your religious beliefs and the methodological naturalism you will practice as a scientist?