I usually don’t spend my time responding to anonymous comments. I figure if somebody sincerely believes what they write, they can sign their name.

In this case, however, I want to respond because the discussion could be interesting. I don’t hold out much hope, from the hostility demonstrated, but who knows.

In response to my post about agnosticism, the commenter wrote:

Nice post, John Scott. Nice blog, also. You’re an absolute perfect example of why I find your juvenile, hypocritically selective, and intellectually dishonest position of agnosticism so ridiculous. Yeah, keep sitting up there on your imaginary moral highground, while dishonestly suspending what is absolutely impossible to suspend — a belief or lack of belief either way.

Ignore for the moment the name calling. This person has a point he wishes to make. It is that agnosticism is an impossible position to hold insofar as one will invariable believe that either god or gods exist, or he will believe that gods do not exist.

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