Agnosticism is just a pathetic blanket term used by three groups of people.
The first are closet atheists who much like closet homosexuals don't want to be exposed to the baggage that comes inherent with being one (like this stupid thread). So they play the "oh I don't know" card. Which in actuality means "I don't want to talk about this subject. Just leave me alone." They don't believe in anything, not really. But they just don't want this to be a defining feature of who they are. The second are closet religious people who want to sound modern and hip or those live in a progressive community and are ashamed of looking backward and primitive. Basically these people feel a longing for religion but once again don't want the whole baggage connected to it. So they distance them self from the church to get brownie points with those around them. And being able to pick and chose the rituals to follow is probably nice too. The third and final group are people who are confused in life. They may have been brought up with religion or what ever. But they too feel a longing for it. But at the same time no religion really fits them. This is most likely because they do not have the mental faculties and courage required to come out and examine their views and become atheists. But they do have just enough mental capacity to feel unpleasant about blind belief.
All in all, I respect believers more than I do agnostics. Believers might be fools that have trust in the words of some ancient book(s) without proof. But they at least are honest about it and know what they want.
