This hypothesis is promoted by people whose religion bases its legitimacy entirely on the claim that the written stories and instructions of its founders are un

This hypothesis is promoted by people whose religion bases its legitimacy entirely on the claim that the written stories and instructions of its founders are unquestionably true and valid, and have been passed flawlessly and unerringly from one generation to the next for millennia of actual history. In other words, the foundational assumption of the religion is that history is a real thing, and the promoters are negating it in the name of defending the religion's validity.