If you're serious about discovering truth, a fictional story can be an eye-opener. It has the advantage of mirroring the familiar while minimizing noise and focusing on elements that either support or discredit some doctrine. This kind of story depends on your sense of reality derived from your own knowledge and experiences. You can say, "yes, that would work," or "no, that's nonsense" because it violates some principle, or "maybe, but where's the...