Simply put, belief is the antithesis ("the exact opposite ... joy is the antithesis of sorrow") of fact.
“Simply put, belief is the antithesis (”the exact opposite ... joy is the antithesis of sorrow”) of fact.”
No, it is not. One can believe in facts. Fiction is the antithesis of fact. Your pop-intellect jingoism just don’t fly, bubba.
Just a quick exercise for you:
Name any group of men ever, who lived in poverty and allowed themselves to be tortured and killed for something they knew was a lie.
Also - please give us some known historical facts, and how it is established that they are, indeed, facts.
I’m waiting....