Basics of Rationalism:

Unlike Christianity, rationalism defines the human mind as basically good and capable of generating knowledge without the benefit of observation or revelation.  This self-generated knowledge is superior or equal to divine revelation, observation or both.

One of several related cults that work in concert: Agnosticism,   Atheism,   Evolutionism,   Humanism,   Intellectualism,   Liberalism,   Materialism,   Modernism,   Naturalism,   Post Modernism,   Rationalism,   Relativism,  Secularism,   and Socialism/Communism