I would define it more as "I trust this to be the case", or "I think this is so". If there is certainty, I wouldn't use 'belief', because 'belief' is something that is done in cases of insufficient fact (or insufficient memory of fact). Dictionary I look at has "accept as true or real", "credit with veracity", and "to expect or suppose", all of which I would consider provisional. If something is known as a certainty or a fact, why say one believes it to be so? Just say it is so.
I'm also reminded of a Terry Pratchett quote. "Witches don't believe in gods. It would be like believing in the postman."
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Date: 2006-03-30 04:29 am (UTC)I'm also reminded of a Terry Pratchett quote. "Witches don't believe in gods. It would be like believing in the postman."