Most of us lack an understanding how to think correctly, and how words are defined as well. Belief is not truth, despite how many people erroneously think and confuse the two. Recognizing the difference is crucial, yet most people do not.
Truth is synonymous with reality/existence. Latin veritas, it is veracious, it has veracity, it is verifiable, in reality. Beliefs are generated from the phantasmal imaginal realm in consciousness. Beliefs can be true, but they need to be proven true to be true, otherwise they are simply possibilities and relegated to the category of fantasy speculation for the time being, not truth.
Belief, is a trust, faith and loyalty in something. This can be a person, or an idea from imagination in consciousness. Having trust, faith and loyalty to an idea/concept does not constitute truth, reality or existence.
Belief is a #2 problem. The #1 problem is consciousness which doesn't think correctly or know how, that creates imaginary beliefs to try to explain reality, inventing an answer to a question, and also consciousness that accepts those beliefs because they want to believe. People want to believe things, so they choose to believe it as "truth".
I wrote a small piece on cognitive dissonance this morning addressing some parts of belief: Rejecting Reality? Maybe You're Engaging in Cognitive Dissonance!
Beliefs can be either True or False.
You can try to prove truth or you can choose to believe truth.
Your chosen methodology does not change what IS truth.
Of course it doesn't. But it does impact what you choose to believe. All unfalsifiable claims, being inherently unprovable, are equally (in)valid. And yet, not all of them can be equally true (because in some cases they contradict each other).
My words exactly.
That's where judgement come in.
We can't know everything.
Most things we just believe by considering the source and weighing the evidence.
Behind every belief is enough weighed evidence to tip the scales one way or the other.
Actually, there is awesome evidence.
Again, a matter of judgement.
But there can be no greate "evidence" for one unfalsifiable claim versus another. Thus, "judgement" is irrelevant. There's no basis for judgement to discriminate between alternatives. Each is equally (in)valid excuse.