[Tribune7]

Personally, I think theism survives so tenaciously because it's much easier for most people

Jenny, theism survives because it is more rational. It requires much more faith -- not reason -- to be an atheist than to believe in a creator.

And don't discount personal experience. Many, many people -- including me -- have felt the touch of God.

You can claim we are delusional -- albeit rationalizing why us have done rather significant things after this conversion. Or you can accept that there is something to it.

[Dimensio]

It requires much more faith -- not reason -- to be an atheist than to believe in a creator.

Justify this statement.

Many, many people -- including me -- have felt the touch of God.

I can get similar stories from many Hindus. I don't know why I should believe you and not them.

[Alamo-Girl]

Er, if you don't mind, I'd like to add my "me, too" to your statement:

Many, many people -- including me -- have felt the touch of God.

I also agree that Christian faith is most rational!

IMHO, the metaphysical naturalist (atheist) claim to being rational rests on the worldview that: "all that there is" is all that exists in nature.

That worldview is not shared by many (if not most) physicists and mathematicians - the most epistemologically zealous of all the disciplines. It is also not shared by most philosophers and the general public.