It seems to me that the rationalist/materialist argument falls short in many areas; here are a few key places:
1) there are a great man things for which science has no explanation and in many instances even lacks the vocabulary with which to describe phenomena
2) if the human race is nothing but the culmination of a series of accidents that have been taking place down through the millennia, there can be no assurance that our rationality is something upon which we can rely
3) one cannot jump from what ought to be from what is; science may be capable of explaining mechanisms which brought about what is, but it cannot from explanation tell us what should be now that we’re here... and yet we all seem to agree upon basic precepts that we could maybe call “the golden rule”
Not exhaustive of my thoughts and I am not in any way claiming these to be original to me but they are a few.
Nor would I have it be assumed that my presentation of these is a mockery of the views of others.
