Exactly. The earth was created in a mature state because life could not exist as we know it based upon the natural laws which God put into effect unless the earth was in a mature state when he created that life and placed it upon the earth.
The fact that he turned the simple chemical of water into a mature complex food product instantly attests to the fact that when God makes something he makes it complete and he makes it good. He created man in a mature state. He did not create a puddle of slime and sit back for a billion years while it produced all life as we know it. We are not made in the image and likeness of viruses and bacteria, we are "made" in the image of God.
Natural laws can only be traced back to the time when God rested. You cannot extrapolate that God used natural laws to get to that point. In fact, it is quite clear that he didn't.
Precisely. For anyone to suggest that the passage about God forming Adam from the dust of the ground is actually a "hint" of a long process of slow change from the primordial slime IS to read one's opinions into the text.
Pure eisegesis.
You guys are a heck of a lot smarter than me so perhaps you can explain how a wall of water at least 16,000 feet high could be contained locally so as not to spill over onto neighboring localities.
http://www.noahsarksearch.com/ararat.htm