I make the assumption (yes, that word again!) that terms and words chosen were chosen for a reason. And while we can debate about such things we, at a minimum, have to be talking about the same things.
I see no reason that an earth older than what the YEC believe is not in line with what the Bible says, in fact I think the Bible clearly indicates such.
But why that should amount to giving a pinch of incense to Darwinism I don’t know.
Because evolution is an observable fact. Like I said, Google the Bird Flu virus.
I haven't made it clear in this post but I do not buy into all of the teachings of evolution. Why? Because, as it stands now, it does not do a very good job at predicting all of the facts.