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Genesis 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

I don't see how God could call His creation 'very good' if there were millions and millions of dead (and extinct) animals in the past.

Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

These are clearly 24 hour days.
By holding this position the advocate claims that the record of nature is just as reliable as the Word of God, which is false.
There are so many more issues that are wrong or inconsistent with God's Word with this belief as well.

JB

“Good” doesn’t mean “perfect.” In fact no where does it say God made a world of perfection. The YEC belief that God made a “perfect” world and that man/satan came along and blindsided Him, forcing Him to resort to “Plan B” is a serious theological nightmare. According to the YEC reasoning, God was fooled and had to start over.

Sorry, the Exodus 11 argument doesn’t hold water: What of Leviticus 25:1-4, which uses the creation week pattern in terms of years? The creation week is used as a pattern of “one out of seven” in both cases, not a real-time reference. See also the eight day “Feast of the Tabernacles” in Leviticus 23:33-36 that celebrated God’s protection in the desert that lasted forty years — obviously eight days is not a one-to-one correlation with forty years.

Either God created the universe, or He didn’t. So how can His Truth in Creation not be as valid as Truth in the Bible? YECs claim God created everything, but think we can only divine things from it only when convienent to them.

YECism is wrought with problems, but its adherents are taught not to test anything they are told. Every one of your points are popular YEC talking-points that don’t hold up under a few moments of scruitiny.