National Day of Reason

Should there be a National Day of Reason?

“Come now, let us reason together,”

Since I believe the preceding statement is true, the answer must be yes - we should have a national day of reason.

And the fact that humanists, atheists, Etc. want it to be on the same day as the National Day of Prayer - well that's just the icing on the cake.  What better day could there possibly be?

The concept has been around for a while.  A resolution for it has been introduced in Congress, again, by Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat who represents the District of Columbia in the U.S. House of Representatives.  The full story can be read here in the Huffington Post.

Part of what Mike Honda says is -

“The application of reason has proven to improve the conditions in which people live, offer hope for human survival on Earth, and cultivated intelligent, moral, and ethical behaviors and interactions among people. I encourage everyone to take this occasion to reflect upon the way that philosophical principles developed during the Age of Reason influenced our Founding Fathers as they formed our country and how the employment of reason, critical thought, the scientific method, and free inquiry can help resolve human problems and improve the welfare of humankind.”

Sounds good.

The article goes on -

“Our final hope would be to have something similar to what’s done with the National Day of Prayer, where you have a presidential proclamation being issued calling on people to use their reason, to come together, to unite and essentially celebrate the same values that are in the National Day of Prayer but without the call to prayer,” said Matthew Bulger, a legislative assistant at the American Humanist Association.

And there's the issue.

but without the call to prayer

The problem is, that without prayer, all of the things that these people want to attain are beyond their reach.
Without God, none of the good things they want can be obtained on an ongoing basis.  
Sure - people can do good things for a while - but they won't last.  Someone's going to come along and mess it all up.  One need look no further than our own country to realize this.  Just the statement about the founding fathers and they way they formed this country is as far as we need to look.  People came here to escape religious tyranny in Europe - yes.  But it wasn't to be atheists or humanists or any other non-religious group.  They wanted to worship God without being told by the government how to do it - not that they can't do it.  They wanted freedom of religion - not freedom from religion!  And yet that has all been turned on it's head by people such as those mentioned in this article - and those who support their point of view.

“Come now, let us reason together,”

So why do I agree that the National Day of Reason is a good idea?
Because of the quote above.  It calls us to reason together.
And - it's said by God.

Isa 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together,”
says the LORD.

What possible reason could be better than having God call us to reason together?

And - Jesus said -

Mt 18:19 “Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.”

This was a promise that Jesus would be with us when we gather in His name - and we ask for things that are within the Father's will.  
Given that ...

1. The Father has called us to reason together
2. more than two or three of us will be there
3. the humanists / atheists / others will also be there
4. and Jesus will also be there
5. and we all "reason together"

... then it has to be the best possible outcome.

Why would we go against what God Himself has asked us to do?

Railing against it will produce nothing good.

Taking part in it - and asking God to use this opportunity for His glory - has to bring something good.
After all - again - it's what God calls us to do!

It reminds me of Paul, speaking to the men of Athens -