"Yes, my stats do hold because there isn't any hint of vast periods of time in this story"
Actually I have noted some very clear and obvious hints of long periods, which have ignored.
"Actually, the idea that God takes tens of billions of years to accomplish paints a particularly unusual type of God....in fact, no "God" at all."
Or maybe God is smarter than you think. Instead of producing a world in seven days, he did it in a way that would impress time-bound humans by showing over millions of years the care and interconnected constants and systems that were ultimatley necessary just for man to exist. If a man produced a piece of fine furniture in 7 days we would think it junk and unthought. Part of the problem with the 7-day theory is it fails to take into account God's nature.
Doesn't cut it.
hint of vast periods
'Hint' is another word that indicates an interpretation must be involved to arrive at the desired conclusion. I must again emphasize that we are discussing the observation stage of exegesis....what is there as opposed to what I interpret it to mean.
The straight-forward story gives a simple picture of a week of creation. What's so hard about this for those who wish to impose their interpretation on top of their observation?
Are you a Christian? If not, what is your interest in it?
Just to be fair: I am a Christian, and I am a retired Army Chaplain and an active ordained pastor in a major, mainline denomination.