Main stream science supports that the universe was created billions of years ago. This science may be wrong, but there are two camps that need it to be wrong in order to be correct:
1) Young-Earth Creationists, who need to show the universe was created only a few thousand years ago.
2) Materialists/Atheists/Naturalists, who need to show the universe was not created.
The argument between these two camps to see which main stream science supports seems silly. It supports neither. But again, main stream science in such matters is speculative and may change.
The essay is not discussing the age of the universe. It’s about intelligent design.