the idea that any human institution, and human-managed verification of documents, is immune to the same errors that these same things have in every other area, make the lie of the Word of God doctrine.

Jesus didn't say to test the spirits for nothing. that includes asking questions, receiving answers, and doing the research to prove the hypothesis.

real problems that affect our lives don't go away without investigation, diagnosis, and countermeasures. this prohibition from institutional authority is purely, and simply, a defense against factual data becoming known that delegitimises the authority in the minds of the people. that's why they burned these people at the stake. most of them were literally just folk doctors.