That's an interesting point. However, I am certainly not playing dumb. "Deep down" inside, I do not believe that there is any evidence for the existence of the divine. In fact, "deep down" inside I believe that religious believers are those who are naturally terrified of their own nonexistence after death, but who will do anything -- even devote their lives to performing meaningless rituals and wasting some of the limited and priceless time they have by studying ancient texts in a desperate hope that strong belief will somehow change the fact of what will happen to them when they someday die. (And I don't mean this as an insult to any one particular religion, or religion in general. I very much understand even that which I am describing above. However, you wanted to know what I think "deep down"? There you have it...)
Evolution is not provable. Neither is Creation. But a substantial body of evidence - evidence which, I must add, is commonly interpreted with the conclusion as a premise - points to a young earth:
Well, nothing in science is "provable," only subject to falsification. As I've said before, there is an unassailable argument that the Genesis story simply could not have physically happened as written. Further, the list of items you've described have been so thoroughly and repeatedly debunked on this forum and on others, so I won't waste my time refuting them seriatim.
However, I'd merely point out that even if all of these things were right, it would not prove a young earth, nor prove the existence of a God. We simply might not have a clear understanding of the natural world, but to say that this lack of understanding is proof of the existence of an infinitely complex being is the ultimate in non-sequitur.
Both evolution and creation are accepted on faith, the evolutionist's protests to the contrary notwithstanding.
Not really. In science, if there is any "faith," it is faith that the evidence and supporting facts reported by colleagues is done accurately and truthfully so the conclusions that logically and reasonably flow from those facts are consistent. But even that is not "faith" because of the assumption that the fact gathering and experimentation will be repeated or repeatable shows that this is less faith then an operating assumption. And it is not "faith" because it is always subject to abandonment if further experimentation and fact gathering shows the belief to be untenable.
Religious faith, on the other hand, is the belief in something without any factual support or even in the presence of disproof of the belief. This is, to me, a fascinating phenomenon, and something which I find to be endlessly interesting. But it is certainly not the same thing as the operating assumptions in science.
Constancy of rates is accepted on faith because in our short lives they are not empiracally provable (and the evolutionist would not be pleased with what little evidence is available). Only one theory, however, is tenable when we let the facts drive the conclusion and not vice-versa.
And it certainly isn't the religious one, but I expect you'll disagree.
Which religious one? The one based on the religion of theism or atheism? You've brushed aside the constancy of rates issue, and simply stated by fiat that the Genisis account could not have happened, but have not backed up that assertion.
Really it comes down to what one wants to believe. Many feel uncomfortable with the notion of accountability for the actions, and of divine retribution. Secular humanism is a faith that tries to accommodate an allaying of those fears. The Word of God, however, is very clear in Romans chapter 1: every person knows there is a God, and some suppress the truth. Evolution is simply a systematized form of that suppression.