I think a number of atheist arguments ignore that religious sentiment is, in fact, the majority position, and that its premise isn't experimental validity.

I can't think of a polite way to ask this, but what universe are you in that the atheists you know have somehow managed to go a single day without awareness of these things? I'm a little surprised by this, because it sounds like it's coming from somebody who's heard more about atheists than from atheists, and that doesn't seem like you.

Also, for the millionth fucking time in my life that I have to make this point (and please understand that I am angry in general and don't hate you specifically or anything), just because theists don't understand the difference between calling a belief irrational and calling them irrational does not mean there isn't a difference, and it certainly doesn't make it the atheist's fault for not making it clear enough. There is no amount of clarity and fairness that will immunize criticism of religion from being taken as a personal attack, which means that constantly making it about how atheists are failing in their presentation is total bullshit, because there is no such thing as "good enough."