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 ==Misconception of Reason==
-Too many people falsely believe that reason alone can lead to goodness, but reason can be used for good and for evil. As [[Dennis Prager]] puts it "Reason is just a tool." <ref>https://www.prageru.com/video/is-evil-rational/</ref> As criminals use reasoning to commit a crime without their reason telling them what they are doing is wrong. <ref>https://www.prageru.com/video/where-do-good-and-evil-come-from/</ref>
+Too many people falsely believe that reason alone can lead to goodness, but reason can be used for good and for evil. As [[Dennis Prager]] puts it "Reason is just a tool." <ref>https://www.prageru.com/video/is-evil-rational/</ref> As criminals use reasoning to commit a crime without their reason telling them what they are doing is wrong. <ref>https://www.prageru.com/video/where-do-good-and-evil-come-from/</ref> This misconception had its roots with the French Enlightenment with various philosophes such as Voltaire and Denis Diderot, and to a lesser extent Jean-Jacques Rousseau, where the emphasized humanity's advancement by "pure reason" alone, and also formed a large basis for the French Revolution and Reign of Terror.
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	In addition, [[theism\|theists]] have a number of logic-based arguments for the existence of God (see: [[Logical arguments for the existence of God]] and [[Arguments for the existence of God]]).		In addition, [[theism\|theists]] have a number of logic-based arguments for the existence of God (see: [[Logical arguments for the existence of God]] and [[Arguments for the existence of God]]).
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		+	==Misconception of Reason==
		+	Too many people falsely believe that reason alone can lead to goodness, but reason can be used for good and for evil. As [[Dennis Prager]] puts it "Reason is just a tool." <ref>https://www.prageru.com/video/is-evil-rational/</ref> As criminals use reasoning to commit a crime without their reason telling them what they are doing is wrong. <ref>https://www.prageru.com/video/where-do-good-and-evil-come-from/</ref>

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 == Christianity and reason ==
-See also: [[Christian apologetics]] and [[Christian apologetics websites]]
+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>
 [[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]]".
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 *To apply reason is to calculate, to think; to offer in statement the justification for one’s intellectual position, or a rational motive and logical defense for a course of action.  Reason is what makes fact intelligible.
-*To reason is to engage in the applied effort of comprehending, inferring, and thinking in orderly, rational ways; to identify cause and effect.  Reason is the power of the intellect by which man attains to truth or knowledge; the process of thinking rightly and justifiably.<ref> [http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/26552 The War on Reason]</ref>
+*To reason is to engage in the applied effort of comprehending, inferring, and thinking in orderly, rational ways; to identify cause and effect.  Reason is the power of the intellect by which man attains to truth or knowledge; the process of thinking rightly and justifiably.<ref>[http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/26552 The War on Reason]</ref>
-See also: [[Reasoning]]
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 [[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]]".
-In addition, theists have a number of logic-based arguments for the existence of God (see: [[Logical arguments for the existence of God]] and [[Arguments for the existence of God]]).
+In addition, [[theism|theists]] have a number of logic-based arguments for the existence of God (see: [[Logical arguments for the existence of God]] and [[Arguments for the existence of God]]).
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