@ monoya: Definition
of BELIEF 1: a state or habit
of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some
person or thing 2: something believed; especially: a tenet or body
of tenets held by a
group 3: conviction
of the truth
of some statement or the reality
of some being or phenomenon especially when based
on examination of evidence Atheism easily fits within these parameters.
In the past year I have participated in the working
group meetings
on the Draft Declaration
on the Rights
of Indigenous
Peoples at the United Nations; as well as contributed to submissions by HREOC to the Committee
on the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination and Committee
on the Rights
of the Child, for their
examination of Australia in March and September 2005 respectively.