“And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.”
“And, indeed, isn’t the geological record chock full of fossils of beasts which never made it into the modern world?”
So let me get this correct: An omniscient God, with full knowledge of a future failed creation, decides to create said failure anyway, only to decide to destroy it at a later date. That’s not very omniscient.
What absurdity.
I always get a kick out of creationist apologies for discrepancies in mythological stories.
Well, then, I'm certain you'll have all the time in... well, in eternity, to ask Him about it, when... well, when the time comes...
My opinion is, there's a Purpose for everything, natural and spiritual, and the Bible does tell us that God made mankind "out of the dust of the ground", which to me sounds like evolution with a purpose.
And, since God's time is eternal, a billion years to Him is like a day to us.
As for his omniscience, I would concede quite a bit of omniscience to God who creates a Universe capable of growing life from the dust of its stars.
What science can't tell us is how much supernatural intervention was required to get us here, but the Bible suggest: before Adam, not so much; since Adam: lots.