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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 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}}
== 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]]".
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]]).
==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> 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.
== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Natural Law]]
*[[Atheism]]
*[[Faith and reason]]
*[[Atheism and reason]]
*[[Decision making]]
*[[Evidence-based thinking]]
==Notes==
==Notes==
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