Reason defined?

Now if anyone else was writing this particular blog and they did not define what “faith” and “reason” meant early on I would be upset. I would be the jerk in the comment box that was saying “how can you say that when we don’t know what the words mean to you.” So I’m going to do my best of defining these two terms. If you have a better definition that you think would help I would love to hear it.

Reason: rea·son n.
1. The basis or motive for an action, decision, or conviction.
2. A declaration made to explain or justify action, decision, or conviction: inquired about her reason for leaving.
3. An underlying fact or cause that provides logical sense for a premise or occurrence: There is reason to believe that the accused did not commit this crime.
4. The capacity for logical, rational, and analytic thought; intelligence.
5. Good judgment; sound sense.
6. A normal mental state; sanity: He has lost his reason.
7. Logic. A premise, usually the minor premise, of an argument.

I think that each of these has probably a bit of what I mean. Numbers two, three, and seven are probably the ones I will be dealing with the most. That which is logical. Not only that which is logical, but that which conforms to logic.

So what does this look like in a church or faith sense? Well I don’t really know exactly. Obviously their must be some sort of order or logic behind that which we believe. If there wasn’t then there would be no way to communicate it or really to live it out. However, does everything have to fall into the neat and orderly categories that reason likes to put it in.