A less bizarre discussion of religious beliefs.

I don't see those as axiomatic.I do, however, see them as beliefs which are not threatening to anyone.

So they are self-evident to you.Fair enough. But that's not what I normally mean by "axiomatic".

I take jar's point to be that it is the behaviors that matter. And I mostly agree. No, they aren't.As I see it, what mostly motivates our behavior, is our experience in life. Our beliefs mainly have to do with how we communicate with others.

But that is very different from saying that they are the basis from which actions emanate. A child already has an personality before he acquires language. The personality cannot all be based on beliefs. I doubt that. Our beliefs may refect our confidence, but they are not the basis for that confidence. Reason does not require belief. We can reason about what we do not believe.

No, they aren't.They might be related, but they are not synonymous. We can have beliefs about things that don't really matter to us, and we can lack belief about things that do matter. No, I don't think so.I'm rather cynical about the value of epistemology, as it is taught by philosophy departments.

I think you are reading too much into what jar says.To me, it seems more likely that he finds his religious community to be quite congenial. And, were it not for that, he would probably be an atheist.

Quite right. I'm pretty sure that won't happen.