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Quote by: Jack  an existentialist would say that we cannot to an absolute certainty say that North America was here before we were born or will be here after we die. |
But that lack of knowledge is, itself, supposed to be an absolute certainty... which is why existentialism is often self-contradictory.
As for the op, we use reason constantly. We use it so much that it becomes second nature to us. We like to think that things like love and trust have nothing to do with reason, but they have everything to do with reason. We ignore the millions of little things that our loved ones do that
prove to us that they love us.
Even things most individuals would consider irrational have a crude logic to them.
The 7 points in the op are just part of conservative theism's attack on all things scientific. If you believe them, then you're just another casualty in the culture war... kinda like Helio. Who's reason lol.