I think the person who made that statement is simply making a confusion of terms: “rational” as in “reasonable” as in “legitimate/acceptable/sound”, and “rational” as in “resulting from properly applied deliberative thinking”. Le’s rephrase it:
If believing in God is perfectly legitimate, then why is it that when people actually stop and think carefully, they tend to find it that they don’t believe in God as much?
Most people don’t have correct intuitions about lots of things: probability theory, complex numbers, etc. Why should “big topics” like God be any different? It’s weak evidence either way.
The person in question was not talking about rationality, but “right and wrong,” hence the paraphrase.
I think the person who made that statement is simply making a confusion of terms: “rational” as in “reasonable” as in “legitimate/acceptable/sound”, and “rational” as in “resulting from properly applied deliberative thinking”. Le’s rephrase it:
Most people don’t have correct intuitions about lots of things: probability theory, complex numbers, etc. Why should “big topics” like God be any different? It’s weak evidence either way.
The person in question was not talking about rationality, but “right and wrong,” hence the paraphrase.