"And all I'm saying is that it, therefore, cannot be rational to believe completely and exclusively that there cannot be a god."

I can agree with that, but it is what I would call a 'trivial' point, since most of the problems are with those who insist that there MUST be one...and that they 'know' what god wants. All I know is that most religious claims don't meet my standards for something that affects everything I do.


(Dick...yeah, up to a point, I can...because.....since *I* think, I have some idea how those folks got that way, and how hard it is to break the habit of not thinking after one is an adult.
This not to say I am comfortable with those folks, but I keep my interaction with them to "Please don't expect me to believe like you, and please don't bother me with exhortaions to change")