Any philosophers arguing that the Christian worldview is the most rational?
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I have seen life at either extreme, first as a Hindu, with a sort of blind faith in general religiosity, and later as an atheist, with a blind faith in knowledge obtained through the senses alone. I have now been a Christian for 2 years, and I find that it resonates with my life experiences, and I am wiser and more balanced in living my life. Christianity seems to be the most rational of all worldviews I have experienced, if we define rationality not solely at an intellectual level, but at a level which takes into account the human experience. In fact, since we are embodied beings, and not merely thinking agents (or philosophers), I would suggest that the very definition of rationality of a worldview needs to take this "experiential" reality into account. To try and put things another way, Christianity seems rational at a holistic and integrative level -- one involving faith, reason, emotion, intellect and experience -- a level that transcends pure reason alone.
I would like to know if any Christian philosophers or apologists have made a case for Christianity from this sort of definition of what it means to be rational.
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I would like to add the excerpt below, taken from *Wikipedia*, as a guide to the notion of rationality that I refer to.
> **In philosophy, rationality is the characteristic of any action, belief, or desire, that makes their choice optimal under a set of
constraints.**
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Mar 7, 2013, 05:11 AM
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