Any date which goes more than about 4004 BC would serve to invalidate a literal reading of the Genesis timeline.
Any date which goes more than about 4004 BC would serve to invalidate a literal reading of the Genesis timeline.
That's the central point, here. Either Creation is 6000(ish) years old, or it is much older. If the discussion centers on how many billion years old, or how many hundred million years ago this or that dinosaur lived then the discussion has already bypassed "Creation is 6000 years old". That the people "actually doing the hard research in fields related to biological or geological evolution" aren't so sure of the timeline doesn't negate the magnitude of the timeline.
This statement is just plain silly. First, when sin entered the world, it not only changed Adam and Eve, but all of creation. Why do you assume that science operates the same today as it did before sin corrupted the world? Second, why are you limiting God? Just because science says that something was created millions of years ago, why can't that just be how God created it?
Alternatively, trying to use science to prove God or a literal interpretation of the Bible is just as silly as well. If my faith is increased by a scientific discovery, what happens to my faith when that discovery is overturned?
If you read Genesis literally, there is no 6000 year timeline.