Learn to distinguish between moral commandments on the one hand, and descriptions of how the universe/world were created on the other. The Bible is primarily about morality, not science or history.
While morality isn’t always dirt simple, things like “don’t worship other gods” and “don’t make graven images of Me” and “don’t commit adultery” and “don’t steal” are pretty simple - you know those things when you see them. The creation of the universe is anything but simple, but it still needed to be described in some fashion, and we needed to be reminded about it every once in a while, in order to establish the authority of G-d to give commandments to us (”Hey, you puny humans, I created everything, including your ancestors. I own this planet and you, and I can tell you what, when and where to do whatever I’d like to - and you’ll listen, or else”). There is really no other purpose to describing the Creation in the Bible. Again, it isn’t a science book, its about morality.
Perfectly said. I can’t understand why young earth creations get so obsessed with the creation. The only thing that matters to us about how God created the universe and life on Earth is that HE DID. And therefore he is indeed the ultimate power. How creation was done or how long it took or whether we evolved or were poofed into existence has nothing to do with our salvation. If you are Christian the teaching of Christ and obedience to them is everything. Christ only talks about the creation when referring to the fact that his father did create the universe not how.
While morality isn’t always dirt simple, things like “don’t worship other gods†and “don’t make graven images of Me†and “don’t commit adultery†and “don’t steal†are pretty simple - you know those things when you see them.
You should go back and read the entire Ten Commandments passage ... esp. the part about the Sabbath ... since you are arguing for literalism of the commandments ... perhaps then you will see your glaring inconsistency.