I'm talking about different sorts of axioms than those that science and math work towards. For example, any discussion between 2 people depends on mutually acc

I'm talking about different sorts of axioms than those that science and math work towards. For example, any discussion between 2 people depends on mutually accepting basic assumptions such as: - I and you are persons. We exist. - The words we speak and hear have meaning. - The words you hear are the words I spoke, and vice versa. We can't even have a meaningful, coherent discussion without assuming things like that. We also can't live a meaningful, coherent life without basic assumptions about origin, meaning, morality, and destiny. Everyone has them, and unless we're careful, they're easy to catch like the cold from folks we hang around. A coherent, truthful worldview is essential. The test for truth (correspondence to reality and internal consistency) does provide us a way of comparing religions and philosophies (and ruling out the obviously false ones). Once we do arrive at a coherent worldview that best corresponds to reality and is internally consistent, we have to assume it and derive our beliefs and practices from it without proof (i.e. faith). (BTW, we all have a worldview, but we haven't all subjected our worldview to the truth test.) Everyone has faith: it's required to accept the axioms of one's worldview.