3. evolution and the problem of reason darwinian evolution claims that human cognition is the product of blind, unguided processes driven by survival, not truth. this creates a paradox: if our reasoning faculties evolved solely to promote survival, why should we trust them to discern objective truth? a false belief that aids survival would be favored just as much as a true one. for instance, early humans might survive better by irrationally fearing harmless shadows if it led them to avoid danger. if evolution undermines the reliability of reason, then every beliefincluding belief in evolution itselfbecomes suspect. this is the argument from reason, a devastating critique of naturalistic explanations for human cognition. orthodox christianity resolves this paradox by affirming that human reason is a gift from god, reflecting his divine rationality. because humans are made in gods image, we are capable of seeking and discerning truth. evolutionary naturalism, by contrast, destroys the foundation of knowledge and reduces all thought to mere chemical reactions in the braindevoid of any intrinsic truth value. without god, reason collapses into absurdity. only the christian worldview can account for the reliability of human cognition and the existence of objective truth. reason itself points to the logos, the eternal word of god, who is the source of all rationality.
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