There's more than just either believing or being a skeptic. There's also being rational: weighing the likelihood of a supposition, making your evaluation, and remaining open to further evidence.
Are you an aleprechaunist because you are skeptical and closed minded about the possibility of the existence of the wee folk? I presume that you might be willing to entertain the possibility if one showed up at your door with a shileghleh and a pot o' gold, but overall I assume that you have heard evidence for and against and made up your mind as to the likelihood of this happening.
If I were presented with compelling evidence as to the existence of a personal interventionist god, I would certainly consider it with an open mind. So far, though, the evidence I've seen is as compelling as that for leprechauns.
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