I don't even think the folk that wrote the Bible stories lied, they were just ignorant of the facts.
Carrying that one step further, the original story tellers didn't lie they too, were ignorant of the facts.
There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002
Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969
Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008