I am scientifically minded (so much so that I was atheist for a long time due to biblical literalism) and I also believe God has no reason to lie or mislead us

I am scientifically minded (so much so that I was atheist for a long time due to biblical literalism) and I also believe God has no reason to lie or mislead us about things like the age of the earth or our side by side evolution with animals. The first 15 chapters of Genesis are Jewish poetry, not a literal account of creation. There are even two creation accounts, one right after the other, which contradict each other! That no longer being an issue with my faith has helped my mental health immensely. I don't feel the painful cognitive dissonance I used to because the point Genesis is trying to get across is "God made everything and it wasn't hard for him, we can choose to do things he doesn't want us to do, and this tendency can lead to a lot of serious shenanigans. Then God promises stuff to Abraham." To be fair to most Christians, they are not apologists and as most atheists will tell you have a very limited understanding of most points of their faith, let alone individual points of contention in the bible. So the only defense mechanism they have is withdrawing to literalism and flail too much to reevaluate. Then there's the ones who are apologists, and most of them online are downright annoying lol