I concur that God would not create a hoax. So what’s with dinosaur fossils?
Your premise that we shouldn’t trust our own eyes is ridiculous to me.
Where did the creation story come from? Which prophet revealed it? I’m no theologian, but of all the times in the Bible when God spoke directly to someone, I don’t think it ever included specifics about creation. In the New Testament, our Lord refers to it almost not at all. That tells me that the “hows” of creation simply aren’t that important.
Having said that, let’s assume that God did sit down some wise men 6000 years ago and explain specifically how he made the Heavens and Earth. Their frame of reference would certainly be so limited that their retelling would be simplistic to say the least.
I’m not choosing science over scripture, because I don’t see any conflict.
The Bible itself makes no specific reference to the age of the earth. It’s been calculated by men by deduction from the genealogies.