>The most
> relevant lujvo or gismu I can find dealing with belief is krici, which
> is belief /without/ evidence or proof, the exact opposite of the sort
> of belief I want to deal with.
No, "krici" is not necessarily belief without evidence. The
"[regardless of evidence/proof]" comment in the definition only says
that evidence/proof is not part of the "krici" concept, "krici" just
relates the believer and their belief, without saying anything about
how the believer came to that belief, what led them to that belief.
The comment is something of a "don't think of a pink elephant"
distractor. Instead of distancing "krici" from the concept of
evidence, it leads people to think that "krici" is for beliefs without
evidence.
But it is of course perfectly legitimate to ask for reasons (krinu)
for believeing (krici) something.