Religions that try to enforce that you have no doubt in your spiritual leaders are not safe religions. It is simply too easy for a religious leader to deceive you if you are not allowed to criticize or doubt them. The idea that any spiritual leader is directly speaking the word of God or any higher power to you without any distortion is dangerous. That is not an idea that you should trust easily.
This only gets worse when coupled with discouragement from personal spiritual practice, such as banning any form of magic. This is especially true for divination practices. If you are not allowed to seek your own answers without breaking the rules of your religion, you are being purposely kept in the dark. Religions should never punish their followers for wanting to understand more about the world around them.
It is a way to keep control over people instead of helping them find spiritual fulfillment. This idea forces followers to cling to a select few who are privileged enough to actually engage directly with their faith. It does nothing to provide any meaningful growth because of an over-reliance on people, fallible people who can be deceitful. Most spiritual leaders are good people, but that doesn’t change that many still use their position for malevolence.
