In Eden, God Lied and the Snake Spoke Truth

https://www.humanreligions.info/god_lied_in_eden.html - In Eden, God Lied and the Snake Spoke Truth.

God itself says that if Adam eats from the Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil, "thou shalt surely die" on the very same day, using the Hebrew mût tamût that specifically means physical death and yôm which does just mean an ordinary day (Gen 2:16-17, Gen 3:2-3). The serpent says it's untrue: actually they will attain knowledge of good and evil (Gen 3:4-5). Adam and Eve, who were already mortal (Gen 3:22-23), ate from the tree and didn't die. They lived on to parent all of humanity. God in Gen. 3:22 admits that Adam and Eve did indeed "become as one of us, to know good and evil". God lied, and Satan told the truth.

The Bible Book of 4 Maccabees

4 Maccabees isn't in most Bibles, because Jerome didn't translate its heavy and complex Greek into Latin for the Vulgate, and so it never made mainstream circulation. Only some of the oldest and most ancient Christian churches use it - most notably the Georgian Orthodox Church.

It comments on the 2 Maccabees stories of Eleazor (a scribe) and a woman and her seven sons, who are persecuted and tortured by King Antiochus IV Epiphanes. It encourages selfish rationality - you should follow God's Hebrew law, have faith, and control your emotions (that can lead you astray) in order to resist torture, and, get a divine reward at the end.

https://www.humanreligions.info/4_maccabees.html

The Book of Job

I've shortened the introduction to the Book of Job and added a section on dating & authorship. The contents menu of The Book of Job is now:

1. Authorship and Structure
2. God Testing People in The Bible
3. God as the Author of Evil: Are Satan and God Interchangeable?
4. The 42 chapters of Job (1070 verses)
   1. Job 1 (22 verses) - Job was blameless. The LORD allowed Satan to test him. Job's servants and children were killed. He tore his robes and worshipped.
   2. Job 2 (13 verses) - Satan & LORD discuss Job; Satan gives Job skin disease; Job's wife discourages Job; Job stays faithful; Job's friends visit him
   3. Job 3 (26 verses)
   4. Job 4 (21 verses) - Eliphaz said, "Will you become impatient? When did the innocent ever perish? I heard a voice: 'Can a man be more righteous than God?'"
   5. Job 5 (27 verses) - "Who will answer you? Man is born to trouble. As for me, I would seek God. Do not despise his discipline. He wounds, but he binds up."
   6. Job 6 (30 verses) - Job said, "My misery would outweigh the sand of the seas! You have proved no help. Show me how I have been wrong! Would I lie to you?"
   7. Job 7 (21 verses)
   8. Job 8 (22 verses) - Bildad speaks to Job: Job & children must have sinned to cause Job's trouble; tells Job to turn to God; talks about evil people
   9. Job 9 (35 verses)
   10. Job 10 (22 verses)
   11. Job 11 (20 verses) - Zophar said, "Should your babble go unanswered? God exacts less than your guilt deserves! Reach out to him and you will find hope."
   12. Job 12 (25 verses)
   13. Job 13 (28 verses) - "I want to argue my case with God. Be quiet and I will speak. Though he slay me, I will hope in him. God, why do you hide your face?"
   14. Job 14 (22 verses)
   15. Job 15 (35 verses) - Eliphaz said, "Your own mouth condemns you! Why do you turn against God? The wicked will be like a vine stripped of unripe grapes."
   16. Job 16 (22 verses)
   17. Job 17 (16 verses) - Job is desolate. All is woe.
   18. Job 18 (21 verses)
   19. Job 19 (29 verses)
   20. Job 20 (29 verses)
   21. Job 21 (34 verses)
   22. Job 22 (30 verses) - Eliphaz said, "Is not your wickedness great? You withheld bread from the hungry. Is not God high? Submit to him and be at peace."
   23. Job 23 (17 verses) - Job said, "If only I knew where to find God! When he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. But he does whatever he pleases."
   24. Job 24 (25 verses) - "The wounded cry out, but God charges no one with wrong. Some rebel against the light; they are exalted a while, and then are gone."
   25. Job 25 (6 verses) - Bildad said, "Dominion and awe belong to God. Who can be righteous before him? Even the stars are not pure in his sight!"
   26. Job 26 (14 verses) - Job said, "How you have helped the weak! Sheol is naked to God. The pillars of heaven tremble. These are the fringes of his ways!"
   27. Job 27 (23 verses)
   28. Job 28 (28 verses)
   29. Job 29 (25 verses)
   30. Job 30 (31 verses)
   31. Job 31 (40 verses) - "Does God not see my ways? Have I lied? Have I refused to help the poor? Have I put my trust in money? Let the Almighty answer me!"
   32. Job 32 (22 verses)
   33. Job 33 (33 verses)
   34. Job 34 (37 verses) - "It is unthinkable that God would do wrong. Can one who hates justice govern? God shows no partiality. Job speaks like the wicked!"
   35. Job 35 (16 verses) - "Even if you are righteous, what do you give to God? He does not answer because of the pride of evil men. You must wait for him!"
   36. Job 36 (33 verses)
   37. Job 37 (24 verses) - "God thunders with his voice. By the breath of God, ice is made. Do you know his wondrous works? He is great in power and justice!"
   38. Job 38 (41 verses)
   39. Job 39 (30 verses) - "Do you mark when the deer is born? Will the wild ox serve you? Do you give the horse his might? Does the hawk fly by your wisdom?"
   40. Job 40 (24 verses) - Job said, "I have no answer." The LORD said, "Will you condemn me? Behold now, Behemoth, which I made. Can anyone pierce his nose?"
   41. Job 41 (34 verses) - "Can you catch Leviathan with a hook? Everything under heaven is mine. His breath sets coals ablaze. He is king over all the proud."
   42. Job 42 (17 verses)