That's a long way of saying that you believe Genesis is a lie.
Jesus Christ is The Word made flesh. The alpha and omega, the beginning and the end of all creation.
Was Jesus really just lying when he testified to the Genesis flood in Luke 17:26 ?
Jesus was comparing the flood to His return, and the judgment that comes with him.
Is that all made up nonsense as well?
Why choose the wisdom of men over the plain word of God? Why not just believe what he said he did?
There is an American story about Washington cutting down a cherry tree and is praised by his father for not lying. This account shows us the value of honesty above all else in western culture, we read it and praise him and strive to be like that.
In Eastern culture, however, the cutting down the tree would bring dishonour to his father and regardless if Washington tells the truth or not the dishonour overpowers it. the American account puts glory on the virtues and on Washington himself, even his own Father praises him, but if it were an Eastern account the boy would get no praise at all regardless if he told the truth and he would be reprimanded for putting dishonour on his household.
truthfulness and giving honour are virtues held in high regard, the former in western cultures and the latter in eastern cultures. When they clash the west will look to the truth as the ultimate moral high ground even if it gives dishonour where the east will look to honour as the ultimate moral high ground even if they have to "lie". I say "lie" loosely because in eastern philosophy it is most important to uphold honour and the details that form that honour are justified and would not be called a lie.
We see this in Eastern Christianity as well. The first council of Nicene (where the Nicene Creed was made) the Orthodox number of bishops who attended is 318. The actual number is probably lower than 300 so why did they "lie"? 318 is a unique number that can represent Christ and is also the number of men Abraham took with him to rescue Lot. This number gave more glory to the council and ordained it better. Even though it wasn't the real number it was the best number. that's a very simple example but eastern Christianity is full of accounts that use the "better versions" because the value is not to retell the literal accounts as they happened but to give glory to Church and to Christ so the details that make up the accounts can be fluid.
In Ancient Hebrew this is more complicated. They operate with in something called "block logic" where ideas are formed in blocks of information. Each block has a point to be made but are unique and do not have to agree with other blocks in their detail and there is a tension that is created that is left alone and does not demand to be fixed. In western culture, we operate on step logic where each idea directly leads into the next and as a whole make up the complete conclusion. When there is a problem it must be reconciled and all must agree.
For example, light was spoken into being on day 1 and the sun created on day 4. In Hebraic Block logic, however, this doesn't matter an no one cares because each day is a separate block and both days may exist in tension at the same time. Western logic, however, demands these to be reconciled and will invent stuff in the middle to fix the text like saying the light on day 1 must be different than the light on day 4. The text doesn't say these things but western logic will go to every length to make sure it fits in a step logic space.
What is important in Hebraic Block Logic or Eastern logic is not the details that make the accounts but what the details point to. in Western logic the details are the most important thing. The OT was written under steeped Eastern logic and we can reveal it in a western logic space but need to understand the framework it is created under and not simply seek to fit it in western logic but rather explain the process and tension that is happening in the text that eastern logic creates.
if you still call it lying then you've missed the point. (btw - the Washington account never actually happened and is a complete fabrication, is it a lie too?)
