And knowing God's mind, as you apparently claim, you know the definition of 'there was' do you? Tell me, was it a flash? Or sort of smokey? What sort of sound did each creature make when they were brought into existence? Poof? Blam? What age were the creatures? The Bible states God created it. It states He brought them into existence. It doesn't state how He did it though does it. It doesn't state what actual physical actions in our realm happened when He spoke does it? How long did it take? How long is 'instantaneous' in God's time?
The difference between faith and fundamentalism is that I have the faith to know that He did it. It doesn't matter how He did it. Whether it be creation, evolution, or a mix of the two or what. But I do know at no point does God ask us to suspend all common sense, what we see in creation, etc. to accept the world is 6,000 years old just because some bloke sat down and worked backward on a genealogy chart.
But it seems to matter SO much to folks on BOTH sides of the aisle!
But will Nancy Pelosi and her minions be able to restrain their glee enough in the next few days??
The biblical texts speak for themselves and in simple terms as to how the world came about, Who sustains it, and why. As such they form a reasonable starting point for science. They present a far more reliable account than the philsophy of history known as evolution (in the wide sense), for they do not propose an indefinite series of events over an indefinite period as a cause for producing arrangments of matter that perform specific functions.
The biblical texts are also pointed in making known that no one can know the mind of God. I take offense at your suggestion that I "apparently" claim to know the same. I merely quoted a small portion of the same texts you claim to hold as true.