There are Things More Important Than Reason.

Now my opponent has made no attempt to claim any definitions or anything of the sort so my definition should be the ones that hold sway throughout the debate. I would also like to point out that even though I am Pro the burden of proof rests upon my opponent because they are trying to prove that the most important thing is reason, whereas I simply have to prove that reason is not the most important thing and one final thing of note, in this debate we are using the reason as it relates to logic and thought not the reason of purpose Definitions Reason: The capacity for logical, rational, and analytic thought; intelligence.[1] Logic: A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved[2] Rationality: the quality of being consistent with or based on logic[3] Rational: Being consistent with or based on logic (based on definition of Rationality) Important: Having relevant and crucial value[4] Now I will bring up several things that are more important than reason and then explore some of the problems with having reason be the most important thing. 1. Purpose 2. Happiness 3. Morality 4. Truth 1st Purpose Now purpose is the drive or reason for doing something, it is what motivates to action and causes things to happen. This supersedes reason in importance because if we have no purpose than we have no action and reason cannot provide purpose (more fully explained below) 2nd Happiness Now if we assume that there is no God and that there is no life after death, and that once we are no longer alive that is the end of the road, then we must place ultimate value on immediate pleasure as we have no idea when our life will come to an end. As such pleasure and happiness should be our ultimate goals for there is no reason beyond our own insignificant lives and as such no amount or reason will avail us anything for we shall all die at some point. 3rd Morality (this is the morality as in doing what is right) Now if we use completly opposite assumptions than we used in our last post and we believe that there is a God and the human spirit is eternal then morality become more important than reason for we can reap eternal happiness and glory and exultation for all time if we act morally regardless of how reasonable we were in life, which means that reason didn't avail us anything but rather our morality did. 4th Truth Truth is also more important than reason for reason exists only as something to help us discover truth, so truth is the destination reason is only the vehicle without a destination then a car will not help you at all Problems with Reason: Now in the definition we have equated Reason = Rational = Logic therefore Reason = Logic. So in this first round the first problem I will state with using reason as something of ultimate importance is that reason cannot give tell you what to do. Reason and Logic simply describe things they cannot tell you what you should do if you think that a value can be inffered from logic you are commiting the Natrualistic Logical Fallacy http://www.csun.edu... fallacy With that I turn the time over to my opponent [1]http://www.thefreedictionary.com... [2]en.wiktionary.org/wiki/logic [3]wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn [4]en.wiktionary.org/wiki/important