I am relegious, very relegious in fact, and i am constantly finding APPARENT contradictions between science and my relegion(Judaism). BUT...! With proper thought and investingation(i hope it was proper) i concluded that just as G-d created Adam at a stage where he biologically looked as if he was a middle-aged grown man, but was in fact minutes old. He did this simply because He had to enable Adam to be able to survive on his own. So to G-d created the Universe as an ancient something billion year old universe in order that it would have worlds that can support humans, ie our earth. Part of this aged look is the evolution evidence that G-d provided. I hope this makes more sense to other people than it does to my friends...lol.