By the way... I have reading one of Gould's books (the one discussing in overwhelming detail the Burgess Shale), and there is more relevant analysis in just one chapter on just 'how to think about science' than I can possibly condense into a few paragraphs here.

He does not just assert 'truth', he explains at length how science work, how 'scientists' work and fail to work, and how corrections are done & recognized.
I will not expect you, Pete, to go read that book, but I would wonder how, in your view, all those translations & interpretations of scripture are corrected & correlated?