Rationalism
Rationalism is a reliance on reason as the best guide for belief and action, rather than an emotional response. This ignores any values let alone religious traditions leaving it all up to human reason thus resolving in chaos in the world. Such as Karl Marx who used rationalism to create communism which had ended up killing tens of millions of people in the 20th century. The Nazis also embraced reason. In fact, some of the worst events in history were because of those exercising reason. While most of the progress made comes from conservative traditions that were openly skeptical of human reason. [1] As Dennis Prager states, "Reason is just a tool. It is no more intrinsically moral than a knife." As he points evil can be just as rational as good. [2]
- Horatio is not a blind rationalist ... when he sees the ghost, he does not deny its existence — on the contrary, he is overwhelmed with terror. His ability to accept the truth at once even when his predictions have been proved wrong indicates the fundamental trustworthiness of his character.[3]
Test all things; hold fast what is good. 1Thess 5:21 (NKJV)
The opposite of Rationalism is Romanticism.
