text: If God exists he must be rational as well as mind bogglingly powerful etc .\nA rational God would not want us to be slavish in our acceptance of him , because we are (more or less!) rational too.\nWe have entered the modern scientific age from an earlier stage where faith did not have to deal with awkward questions arising from the use of our rational minds .\nNot surprisingly this has put the religious apologists on the back foot . It is no kind of response to deny scientific discoveries and enlightenment.\nThe atom , with its electrons , neutrons , protons, now reveal hyperons , pions , mesons , muons , Higgs bosons , K-mesons , \nquarks , further divided into different types :eg: up , down , strange , charm , and on and on !\nThe question for scientists is ,is there rush to enlightenment similar to that of approaching the speed of light , so far but no further .\nIt is almost as if this all powerful and rational God just breathes the word "faith" as he steps back from our next childish question.\nHe reveals his glory to rational enquirers in a way that challenges them in the way they challenge belief . \nPerhaps a God gene is predestination , a gift to those who put innocent child like acceptance before wilful rejection .