[godBoy]

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If Newton had not been religious, he would almost certainly have made more important discoveries.

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This is kinda stupid, You're certain about too much.
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The latter, though it does not require a very high degree of rationality to be an atheist, so it's not saying much.

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You don't know what you are talking about..
I don't believe it's rational to believe that the universe came from nothing - why do you think it's rational to believe so? That is as rational as a person claiming to be a poached egg.
The fact that people see the world and think there was a cause for it doesn't make them irrational.