Lying to us through the natural world?
Perhaps the more correct statement, is that it ‘appears to be so, based on our own faulty understanding of what we see and find’.
God does not lie, either in His Word, nor in the world. We see here through a glass darkly, we’ll understand it ALL later.
Yes. I believe that. Where there appears to be a discrepancy the fault is in our interpretation. Studying the natural world can help us understand his Word if we are willing to admit that our first interpretation may not be completely correct.