I had to share this cartoon from Evolving Perspectives. It brings together Jesus-mythicism and Star Trek, after all.
First, if you are wondering about the hat, that is because this isโฆwait for itโฆGNOMAD!
But now, about the substance, it seems to me to use โagnosticโ in a rather bizarre way. We are not โagnosticโ about things that have a certainty that is less than absolute. If I say that something is probable, does that make me an agnostic about it?
Historical uncertainty is a problem for fundamentalist dogmatism. But it seems odd to suggest thatย anyone who reject such dogmatism is aptly labeled โagnostic.โ