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Sir William Blackstone, Locke
== Christianity and reason ==
== Christianity and reason ==
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As noted by some [[Enlightenment]] thinkers, Christianity is entirely reasonable.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/thereasonablenes00lockuoft The Reasonableness of Christianity, as delivered in the Scriptures], by [[John Locke]]</ref>
[[Sir William Blackstone]], in his widely known work [[Commentaries on the Laws of England]] made this point clear:
<blockquote>For as God, when he created matter, and endued it with a principle of mobility, established certain rules for the perpetual direction of that motion; so, when he created man, and endued him with free-will to conduct himself in all parts of life, he laid down certain immutable laws of human nature, whereby that free-will is in some degree regulated and restrained, and gave him also the faculty of reason to discover the purport of those laws.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jihOAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA26 Commentaries on the Laws of England, Volume 1], p. 26</ref></blockquote>
===Apologetics===
[[Christian apologetics]] is the defense of the [[Christianity|Christian]] faith through logic/evidence based arguments. The term comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word ''apologia'', which means "defense". In addition, Christian apologist point out the falseness and deficiencies of opposing worldviews. [[John Gresham Machen]] declared, "False ideas are the greatest obstacles to the reception of the [[gospel]]".
[[Christian apologetics]] is the defense of the [[Christianity|Christian]] faith through logic/evidence based arguments. The term comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word ''apologia'', which means "defense". In addition, Christian apologist point out the falseness and deficiencies of opposing worldviews. [[John Gresham Machen]] declared, "False ideas are the greatest obstacles to the reception of the [[gospel]]".
== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Natural Law]]
*[[Atheism and reason]]
*[[Atheism and reason]]
==Notes==
==Notes==
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