That is to say, whether we look at starlight falling upon the garden of Eden, the bellybuttons of Adam and Eve, or just the dirt under their feet, we are looking at fictitious history. IMO, The theology of the Biblical literalist must necessarily adopt a full-blown version of Last Thursdayism. Every tree on the newly created earth implies a non-existant sapling.
Every breeze implies the wings of a faraway butterfly.
Causation itself is quite inconsistent with Biblical literalism. It is the kind of apparent history that is relevant. The relevant question is the nature of that apparent history. Let me give an example from computer operating systems. During the course of operation it has the marks of history and an apparent past.