Where's the hypocrisy is not believing what can be disproved, but having faith in what hasn't been disproved???
Is it possible the Lord made a universe where He put a bunch of stuff to fake us into thinking it's older than 6,000? Of course He can do that. I just choose not to worship a God who would be that much of a doofus.
If the universe had been created in six days prior to the onset of the functioning of nature 5769+ years ago, it would look just exactly as it does. You assume it "must" be zillions of years old because you assume that it must have formed "naturally." What if it didn't function "naturally?"
Is it possible the Lord made a universe where He put a bunch of stuff to fake us into thinking it's older than 6,000? Of course He can do that. I just choose not to worship a God who would be that much of a doofus.
1)The alternative to the G-d who "lies" in nature is the G-d who "lies" in the Torah. Nature is not absolute. The Torah is. From nature one receives only an indirect knowledge of G-d. From the Torah one receives direct knowledge.
2)When Adam was created on the Sixth Day he "looked" about twenty years old. This does not mean he was twenty years old. It all depends on whether or not one insists on subjecting the creation of Adam to the laws of nature as they exist in the fully created, fully functional universe. Ditto with a universe that "looks old." If Adam's creation as an adult doesn't make G-d a "doofus" (as you so charmingly put it), then neither does the creation and formation of the universe during six days 5769+ years ago. One's the same as the other.
BTW, please don't reply to this with that bizarre concept of "false memories." I've heard it a zillion times and it's a red herring.