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That's one theory. if you take the next step and actually treat he theory as fact then you would be exercising your faith rather than drawing from reason.

A common logical fallacy, that as long as you are just entertaining an interesting thought you are not doing, is to assume that just because something is possible that it is true.

Then again if I were a king having a propaganda piece written I think I would include less of the negative stuff that is portrayed about myself. Cause just about all the characters in the stories are demonstrated to be pretty foolish.

I remember having a discussion with someone about the existence of the Hebrew people in Egypt. He presented as evidence a statement written by an Egyptian king prior to the time we were discussing saying that he had killed all of them. He liked that the king said they were all dead. But failed to admit that it meant that they were around at all in Egypt prior to that time and since they are still here that they must have existed during the interim period. The testimony of that king saying they were all dead at the time in question proved that they were around and that the king liked to rewrite history to make himself look better. Which is the point, kings tend to rewrite history to make themselves look better not worse.