Let’s Talk About Reason

Let’s talk about reason. Reason can be sound or unsound. Sound reason is based on truth. Jesus Christ is the truth. ALL wisdom and knowledge of the truth are hidden in Him.

Rationalism is unsound reasoning because it isn’t based on truth. So Rationalism urges us to trust the human mind, and Satan is behind that message even if that message is religious and sounds good.

God tells us to trust Him and depend on His voice even when what He is saying doesn’t fit into our inner view of the world.

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Satan Uses Rationalism

You can rationalize anything.

Rationalism is one of Satan’s key tools to battle for control of your mind.

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Rationalism Exposed

Strict rationalism in philosophy means that human reason alone is the ultimate source of knowledge. Many people talk about “reason” but they really mean rationalism. When they say they are reasoning, they mean they are rationalizing. When you rationalize, you think irrationally but in a way that sounds rational. Rationalizing is the art of making irrational thinking seem rational.

There are many ways to rationalize, but they all have one thing in common. None of them are based on truth. All of them are based on some form of made-up stuff. It’s the made-up stuff posing as true stuff that makes rationalism irrational. Rationalism is always based on made-up stuff. Rationalizing is hiding the fact that the rationalizations are based on made-up stuff.

There is one way to escape rationalism and thinking based on made-up stuff. You need truth. To have truth, you must know a Person Who knows all things and Who can’t lie. That Person is Jesus Christ. Listen to Him. Learn to discern.

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Skeptics Don’t Question Rationalism

Skeptics of divine revelation and of God aren’t skeptical of rationalism. And there are many shades of rationalism, some being more extreme than others. Rationalism is a way of interpreting experiences, observations, or the Bible. The main characteristic of rationalism is that it assumes the human mind can create knowledge of truth somehow. Sometimes, this is stated as common sense, but different groups of people make different assumptions and have different worldviews, so they have different common sense. In other words, there’s nothing in common about common sense between different groups of people.

However, there’s only one Jesus. All who sincerely and persistently seek Jesus find Him. Jesus leads, teaches, and corrects all who follow Him. All wisdom and knowledge of the truth are hidden in Him. It would be impossible for Him to lie or get it wrong. If you get it wrong but continue to seek His wisdom and understanding, He will correct you in time.

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Only Two Other Options For Thinking

If we don’t follow Christ and listen to His voice, we have only two other options.

In the occult world, witches, warlocks, fortune tellers, and others receive revelations from demons. Some people believe in some other god, maybe Muslim, Hindu, Satanist, or New Age, and many of those are involved with the occult. These are working with demonic power. However, not listening to Christ is an open invitation for even Christians to be influenced by deceptive spirits.

Then we have the other option of leaning on human understanding. That includes the secular world and the cessationist world. The formal philosophy of Rationalism came out of what is ironically called The Enlightenment. Although, the roots of rationalism go back to the Garden of Eden and the tree of knowledge of good and evil—the forbidden fruit, and the fall into sin. Rationalism is the irrational philosophy that says the human mind can manufacture knowledge of the truth without the benefit of observation, experience, or divine revelation.

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CARNAL THINKING

Satan wants you to depend on your own mind. The carnal mind has been in slavery to Satan since Adam and Eve obeyed Satan and ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The mind you were naturally born with has knowledge, but that knowledge is tainted and corrupted.

Christ IS the Truth, and ALL knowledge and wisdom are hidden in Him. ALL who sincerely and persistently seek Him find Him. He leads, teaches, and corrects all who follow Him.

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Alternatives to Divine Revelation

When we’re looking at divine revelation versus something else, most people don’t think about what the other options are. In the final analysis, there are only two other options. Those other options to divine revelation are either demonic power or else the fallen, deceitful, and desperately wicked human mind that is a slave to Satan.

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Revelation or Rationalism?

Will you follow Christ or rationalism?

Many evil systems are trying to control your mind every day.

Proverbs 3:6 says “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”

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RATIONALISM IS IRRATIONAL

Rationalizing is irrational, but it has the word rational in it, so some people get confused. To rationalize is to think irrationally but to convince yourself or others that you are thinking rationally. The thing that makes rationalizing irrational is that it’s always based on at least one assumption. A chain of thought is only as strong as its weakest link. Rationalism assumes that the human mind can reason to truth, but the human mind can’t reason to truth. Sometimes, rationalizing is given nice names like common sense or reason.

Let’s quickly go through some of the other nice names given to irrational rationalizing. It’s a long list: Critical thinking, Independent thinking, Free thinking, Open-mindedness , Follow the evidence, Trust the science, Data-driven thinking, Evidence-based conclusions, Human reason, Using your brain, Logical thinking, Analytical thinking, Think for yourself, Personal truth, My understanding, Self-guided belief, Intellectual honesty, Intellectual integrity, Being realistic, Being reasonable, Being sensible , Enlightened thinking, Modern thinking, Scholarly consensus, Academic rigor, Discernment, Wisdom, Inner guidance, and Following your heart. It’s all irrational rationalizing.

To know the truth, you would need to know a Person Who knows ALL things and Who can’t lie.

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We trust our minds to reason, but the mind can’t reach truth on its own, and reason collapses without truth.