Pain Caused Without Irrationality And Sin

Non-rationalists bring or could bring a great deal of pain on themselves from believing in false or unproven things, some of it deserved, such as existential depression or anxiety from clinging to assumptions and errors.  As deep and personal as this can be, they cannot deserve to have happiness and peace in denying or misunderstanding the only thing that cannot be false: the truths of reason.  Rationalism aligns one with reality but does not necessarily avoid pain.  It can, though it might not.  Someone who knows the fundamental necessity of logical axioms, perfectly avoids assumptions, does what is or (according to evidences for Christianity) seems to be morally correct, and wants to know and delight in truth can still suffer immensely.

They might even suffer because of other people like them in these regards.  For instance, one person's natural but permissible intensity of personality might intimidate someone else who has not sinned.  People can hurt each other despite doing nothing irrational or evil at all, and these things can create deep, lasting pains.  Neither party has believed, done, or said anything out of assumptions, malice, selfishness, moral apathy, hypocrisy, intentional negligence, or cruelty.  Suffering is possible even when it comes only from people being their authentic selves in rationalistic, morally permissible ways.  Yes, communication and transparency can help avoid or soften such trials, but this kind of pain could be experienced by anyone in the presence of other people.

Wherever this pain has sprung up, it can be addressed: the fact that both people are rational and morally upright is all that they need to never once believe or do anything erroneous.  They can distinguish between their own subjective perceptions and preferences and logical necessities or probabilistic evidences.  None of them are trying to err, nor are they actually doing so, and their worldviews and resolve can carry them through any personal difficulties that arise from subjectivity.  It is only on the level of personality and desire that people can hurt each other in this amoral manner.  In this case, neither person is a slave to irrationality or immorality, and neither hopes to escape through retreating away from dwelling on reality.

Each party would have to communicate and earnestly strive to heal the troubles that have surfaced between them.  In an amoral sense, they might ask for forgiveness of a sort.  There might be tears and apologies and regret although no one involved has done anything wrong or betrayed reason to the slightest extent.  They would desire a positive, unburdened relationship so much that they might even be willing to voluntarily give up some of their own nonsinful tendencies which are on their own free to be enjoyed or pursued at will.  Stupidity and evil are not the only causes of pain, yet it is possible to overcome psychological pain of all kinds through intentionality and openness.