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"Find where the liar hides, so that I may place my boot between his gums!" - Rtas 'Vadum
People vastly overestimate the intelligence of the Elites in this regard. Had Truth not acted irrationally and kicked the Elites out, not a thing in the Covenant would have changed. In all Halo media, we have 5 Elites who demonstrate this doubt about whether the Prophets are correct on anything, and all the rest are zealots acting as if they have no volition in anything.
The Elites rebelled not because of the truth about the Array (Which came out after the Great Schism had already begun) or the truth about Humanity, (Who they could not care less about now) it was solely because Truth had them replaced as the Honour Guard and had then attempted to exterminate them. Had Truth not done a thing, the Elites would be blissfully glassing Earth and standing in awe as Halo prepared to wipe them out.
Truth may have thought that the Elites were doubting, but like was established, he was utterly paranoid and not seeing the reality of things.
[Edited on 08.04.2011 9:13 AM PDT]