A long time ago, I heard a story about an English skeptic. He went into battle and was overheard praying
Dear God, if there is a God, save my soul, if I have a soul.Nothing more accurately sums up skepticism than this -- especially not our modern skeptics. Our modern skeptics are actually fundamentalists in disguise. They have very real beliefs about controversial things, and they call themselves skeptics because it gives everyone the impression that they're still thinking hard about them. In reality they've mostly made their minds up, and so have joined the ranks of the conservatives who want to change everything, the liberals who don't like liberty, the socialists who won't nationalize production, and the Christians who ignore Christ's teachings. The skeptic's name means something, exactly like everyone else's. It means something it isn't supposed to mean. It most usually is a code for atheist.