[i]Theism: belief in the existence of a god or gods, especially belief in one god as creator of the universe, intervening in it and sustaining a personal relation to his creatures
Rational: based on or in accordance with reason or logic[/i]
Here and now there does not appear to be an accumulation of evidence that allows folks like me to rationally believe in the existence of one or of many Gods.
But that’s not the same as insisting that there is no accumulation of evidence out there.
Even a belief in No God ultimately comes down to a leap of faith.
And that’s where we are collectively. Existence clearly seems to be all around us. Why? God is the explanation of choice. But “reason” here seems to be embedded as much in human psychology as in cold hard logic. We want God to exist because He becomes the moral font on this side of the grave and the source for immortality and salvation on the other side.
But: making this argument hardly settles it.
It would seem necessary that existence itself was either created or not. But there does not appear to be a way in which to establish that it was created by No God.
So, until there is a “philosophical” or “scientific” explanation for existence, God will always be around.