Regarding the OP, I like the following analogy:
Trekkies, LOVE all things Star Trek. Obviously.
They are more than just fans
many of them are fanatics. They watch every episode, movie, memorize who is who, what is canon and what isn't, where the continuity errors are and are not. They learn to speak Vulcan, Klingon, how to read and write it
they have their favorite actors, characters, etc. They write fan fiction. They fabricate phasers, and starship decks, and dream about how to make things "beam up". They form groups within themselves, attempt to logically explain how warp drives work. Even the actors who portray the characters, like Nimoy and Spock
may tend to "become" the very characters they portray, to a certain extent.
What none of those people are, though, are "real". They do not live in the Star Trek UNIVERSE. They have never been aboard a REAL starship. They have never experienced actual warp drive, nor visited another planet, nor beamed up to anything. They haven't met a real Klingon, or actually fought in a real battle. They may know all about it
VICARIOUSLY. They may copy/paste as much of it as they can into their lives, but what they are not, is "the real deal".
If the Star Trek Universe actually existed, then those within it, by their very definition, would naturally be exposed to all the above things. Aliens, Klingons, warp drive, phasers, the "Prime Directive", the Federation, etc. If you were born on Vulcan, you are by *definition* a Vulcan. And you are by definition part of the REAL Star Trek Universe.
I have little doubt, that if a "real Captain Kirk" actually existed, and managed to appear at a Trekkie convention, they would probably not recognize him. And if he tried to tell them that he was an actual person from a "real" Star Trek based Universe, they would analyze him to shreds to compare it with what they *think* they know. They are in fact fans, fanatics, experts, etc
but they are the "copy/paste" variety. They are viewing something through the transcripts, not through direct experience.
The scriptures chronicle the life and times of those who were the "real Star Trek". Parting of the Red Sea, wrestling with angels, prophets, etc. Some of them were apparently written by the actual people, who were the elect, people of Godly faith, Children of the Light
thus, BY DEFINITION, you are reading the "real Star Trek", so to speak. Their lives were the MANIFESTATION OF IT. They were "walking scripture". If you looked at their lives, their words, their experiences, their trials and tribulations, then you were looking at "scripture". You were looking at the Inspiration of God, in action, in their lives. Each day was a page of a book, each year a chapter. And their lives told a story, and pointed to God, the plans of history, the "supernatural", etc and so forth. Jonah, for example
. did he read the Book of Jonah and then copy/paste it into his life ? No
he LIVED IT. If you had met Jonah, you would have met a living example of God's Word in ACTION. His very steps were prophetic of our Lord Jesus Christ, for example. His very life was like the chapter of a book that was telling a story.
This has not changed. If you are a Child of God, elect, etc
your life is doing the same thing. The "Star Trek saga" didn't end. We weren't left with only the episodes and some fan fiction. There is still the "real Star Trek"unfolding. And if you are a part of it, you will see this, and experience this. Your life is an inspired testimony of this. You have been quickened to the Word of God, Jesus Christ, and are part of His Body ... same as His kindred have been all throughout unfolding history. Our brothers and sisters, are talked about in the scriptures. Your life NATURALLY is like theirs. You didn't have to first read about it, and then copy/paste it into your life. You didn't have to go buy a uniform, memorize your favorite actor, figure out how to speak Vulcan
you did these things NATURALLY. Your life is the "Book of _______". And it testifies to these things. Your steps point to God, His plan, Jesus, the prophets, etc. You are an extension of it, another example of it. You are "walking scripture". You will find yourself experiencing and doing things like those in the scriptures, because you are LIKE THEM. It's not about whether or not you are errant or inerrant, it's the *Spirit* at work within you. Jonah, David, Rahab the Prostitute, Moses, the thief on the cross ... all "errant". But they were "living". God is the God of the Living. They are examples and testimonies pointing to a specific design, inspired by God. Of the same family. The "Real Star Trek". If you are part of their family, you will naturally do these things too. Not a Trekkie
the Trekkie attempts to copy/paste. They are "fans". They buy the uniforms, become "experts", try to be like a character in the story. You don't need to be an expert on the Children of God
you can be *studied* because you ARE a Child of God. If someone pays attention to your life, they are seeing "the Word of God in action". And reading about the lives of other Children, reflects IN you, and you in them. So it's not that personal experience trumps the text book --- personal experience is what WROTE the text book. LIVING. Not dead fiction.
For some, they find themselves doing the very things the scriptures say to do, and experiencing the very things the scriptures describe
without having read the scriptures in the first place. Later, in their life, when they look at the scriptures, it's actually the scriptures that BACK UP THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES. Not primarily, but *secondarily*. And this would make sense, because if they had the Holy Spirit, and the Scriptures were inspired by the Spirit of God, then the Holy Spirit would align with it's ownself lol. The Spirit would remain consistent throughout .... to an "outsider", or someone of a different spirit, they would not identify with those who are with Christ the same way, if they could identify at all.
When the Bible becomes nothing more than a textbook of faith formulas for healing or prosperity or self-fulfillment, I think people are missing the point of why Christ died. He didnt die to leave us a self-help manual. 
