Well it's not good to use claim interchangeably with belief because they have ifferences between the two words.
I mean that just because you beleive/think something might be true that doesn't mean that your saying that its fact. It's just your personal opinion or belief until the truth/fact is known.
Okay, so what is the difference between something that's true and something that's fact.
*edit* and see... this is why you get 'ed from other posters. When the conversation gets so obtuse that you want to differentiate between a truth and a fact that it's just.... exhausting. WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE REALLY IF YOU CALL IT ONE THING OR ANOTHER??? The point still stands!