"God surely did not give me a mind with reasoning faculties unless He wanted me to use them." Thus said an unsaved man to me, and there is indeed a measure of truth in such a remark. But this deluded man ignored the fact that he, as an unregenerate member of Adam's race, was a fallen creature, and that "the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not.”
Though the Bible contains nothing against reason; and although God reasons with man "from out of the Scriptures" (Acts 17:2), He never reasons with him about them. No matter who denies it, His Word is the only vehicle by which He conveys His thoughts to man. In 1 Cor. 3:19, God proclaims that the wisdom of this world is foolishness with Him. The next verse is even more explicit: "The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain." 1 Cor. 3:20.