Rationalism Quotes

• Christianity is not rationalism, but faith in God's revelation. A conspicuous, all-important item in that revelation is the resurrection of the body.

  

  Edward McKendree Bounds
  • God
  • Important
  • Faith

• Rationalism belongs to the cool observer. But because of the stupidity of the average person, they follow not reason, but faith. This naïve faith, requires necessary illusions and emotionally potent oversimplifications, which are provided by the myth maker to keep the ordinary person on course.

  

  Reinhold Niebuhr
  • Faith
  • Person
  • Stupidity

• While rationalism at the individual level is a plea for more personal autonomy from cultural norms, at the social level it is often a claim- or arrogation- of power to stifle the autonomy of others.

  

  Thomas Sowell
  • Individual
  • Social
  • Levels