by CR (066)
Constant study and reasoning is very important so that every person will realise the need for a diligent effort towards self-improvement.
It is important to acquire more knowledge about real life, in a continuous process of study, so that reasoning can improve and evolve to higher levels, in order for people to be able to reject obsolete concepts, especially religious dogmatisms.
Reasoning power is a important quality of the spirit which allows it to examine the facts of life and to learn from daily occurrences. It is like a light focused on the difficult problems of life to make them clear and intelligible.
Reasoning is also a powerful defensive weapon against fanaticism and mystical beliefs, which lead to blind faith and submissiveness.
The reason why so many wrong things are done on Earth is because man does not take the trouble to reason at length before acting, in order to be able to foresee the consequences. Human reasoning becomes sharper the more it is exercised.
Due to self-indulgence, lassitude, mental laziness, many people leave to others the task of reasoning and then accept the ideas of others as if they were their own.
Hence the sectarian movements, composed of numerous followers, always inclined to believe what others believe or pretend to believe, no matter how absurd that belief may be. This is true especially in the ample and deceitful field of mysticism where spiritualistic investigation of truth is not allowed.
With the penetrating power of research derived from reason, it is not difficult to distinguish the rational from the absurd, the logical from the illogical, right from wrong, and to find the path that will firmly lead humanity to Truth.
References
[1] Christian Rationalism, 1st Edition, Rio de Janeiro 1984
[2] Compilation, paraphrasing, translation from original texts in Portuguese
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