The history of "convictions" is interesting - as I understand it (please correct if wrong), Christians popularized it to refer to dogma about sin, meaning condemnations. Later expansion to mean any belief is consistent with the assumption that pinning things down is for blaming.
https://twitter.com/juliagalef/status/1326944784016150528
In German, Schuld means debt, blame, sin, fault. Like karma (which as far as I can tell literally means causality), something you want to be free of. When memory is for tax collection, only forgetting frees and all anticipation constraints are convictions.
The term "epistemic" shares a root with πίστις, meaning "belief" and generally rendered in translations of the Christian Bible as "faith."
Excepting interpolations, I read Jesus as mostly just talking about how, in a late-stage simulacrum, his apparent miracles come from literally just having an epistemic state at all.
"Guys, we're gonna be okay, this boat has dealt with turbulence at this level before."
[Apostles stop freaking out about the wind and waves and calm down, rocking the boat less as a side effect.]
"A miracle! He calmed the waters!"
"Do you guys ... even have beliefs at all?"
[Apostles stop freaking out about the wind and waves and calm down, rocking the boat less as a side effect.]
"A miracle! He calmed the waters!"
"Do you guys ... even have beliefs at all?"
"Alright, before I teach you guys how to swim, I'll show you what the finished technique looks like."
"A miracle! He walked on water!"
"A miracle! He walked on water!"
[Peter takes Jesus literally and manages to swim a bit before losing touch and flailing about.]
"You managed to have beliefs for a bit. Why did you stop?"
"Truly you are the Son of God!"
Facepalm.
"You managed to have beliefs for a bit. Why did you stop?"
"Truly you are the Son of God!"
Facepalm.
"Oh no, we're out of wine!"
"My son the miracle-worker can take care of it."
"Come on, mom, this isn't ABOUT me."
"You servants over there, come here, and follow my son's instructions!"
"Okay..."
"My son the miracle-worker can take care of it."
"Come on, mom, this isn't ABOUT me."
"You servants over there, come here, and follow my son's instructions!"
"Okay..."
"They drank ALL the wine, everyone at this wedding is shitfaced and dehydrated, let's bring up those jars of washing-water."
"This tastes AMAZING this is the BEST WINE EVER WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS?"
"This is water."
"A miracle! He turned water into the finest wine!"
Sigh.
"This tastes AMAZING this is the BEST WINE EVER WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS?"
"This is water."
"A miracle! He turned water into the finest wine!"
Sigh.
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