“Can it do that by falsifying the sensible interpretation of everything we see?”
You are assuming it is not sensible to give God credit for being an Author and not just a mechanic. I do not make that assumption.
I assume God created a setting for man, and that setting included the option of rejecting Him. I see nothing logical about assuming God cannot create a setting, or that everything you see must take into account how you interpret it.
The back story for Middle Earth is not real. It was made up by the Author as a setting for his book. It wasn’t a lie, but neither is it objectively true. It is just the setting. It is what the characters do in that setting that is important.
Why would He “create a setting” which differs from reality?
May as well believe that everything you see is an illusion, God stimulating your brainstem to make you think “reality” exists when what you perceive doesn’t. May as well believe everything was created 20 minutes ago to look like all has been around longer than it has. May as well reject reality outright for lack of any way to know reality.
There’s a term for such a philosophy; perhaps someone can remind me.
Whatever the label, I reject the notion outright as it makes God nothing more than a creator of fiction.
No it isn't. That's the difference between God and the good Professor--the back story of the universe, which we can observe thanks to a finite and constant speed of light, is real.
Shalom.