re: #411 bofhell

Assuming the existence of an all-powerful G-d, how can you prove G-d did not create the Earth and the Universe to appear to be several billion years old?

I am neither agreeing nor disagreeing with the proposition, merely pointing out that it is impossible to directly prove the point, only to assert that the physical evidence is consistent with the Earth and the Universe being of a certain age.

And why should people reverence a duplicitous deity that would inscribe lies in the book of nature?