Respect for yourself and truth and others requires asking for evidence all the time
Religion and paranormal believers do not like people
being sceptical of their claims and they hate scientific investigators who
undermine their claims.
The decent sceptic is nothing more that a person who honestly realises that the
claims are false.
Scepticism is not choosing to doubt but recognising that there is already doubt. The alleged truth of the religion and the paranormal is not as true as it says. There is reason to doubt or even dismiss. Recognising involves looking at it with the evidence in hand.
Scepticism is a virtue - it’s a trait that allows us to
show genuine respect for others, ourselves and the truth. You cannot tell if
your convictions are really convictions unless you start getting sceptical. If
you challenge the beliefs you have, you will see how strong or weak they really
are. You will know and understand yourself better. If you understand yourself
you improve on understanding and helping others. What happens if you end up as
an unbeliever? It shows that your beliefs were not as strong as you thought they
were. If you end up as a believer, God should be pleased with you.