[Diamond]

The Bible says He did it all in a couple of days, but the fossil record doesn't support that contention. Rather it says that life has been appearing and disappearing for quite a long time

The fossil record doesn't SAY anything, period. There are various interpretations of the apparent "order" of the fossil record. There is nothing in the fossil record that necessarily disproves or contradicts a creation of six days. There is nothing in the fossil record itself that tells how old the fossils are. Fossils do not have date stamps.

Cordially,

[Junior]

The fossil record is fairly consistent in the deposition of fossil remains -- everywhere in the world. I'm sorry, but that's pretty strong evidence that various organisms came and went at various times and not all at once. If you can't see the forest for the trees, that's your problem, but the fossil record is what it is and you cannot dismiss it (actually, you can, but then you'd simply be playing ostrich). Either you have some way of explaining it or you don't. Evolution does a pretty good job of explaining the fossil record as it stands, without any special intervention.

[Junior]

There is nothing in the fossil record itself that tells how old the fossils are. Fossils do not have date stamps.

The rocks the fossils are in can be dated accurately without reference to the fossils themselves.