Comment: I say this as kindly as possible.

You mention the words "Reason and True Reason" throughout your thoughtfully written post. For me, and I'll say that again, for me, I found true reason in another book called The Age of Reason. Thomas Paine's book has been my source of "individual freedom." His true reason as set down in that book is inescapable. Although the reading of that work did create much turmoil in my life, I eventually arrived at what I believe to be a closer relationship with God than I had had before reading it. My personal belief system was changed, I believe, for the better, but again the key words are "my and I believe." I'm not writing this to change anyone's religion or to put down what anyone believes. I am only relating one of few experiences that everyone has had in their lives that are truly "life changing events." Reading The Age of Reason was a life changing event for me.
Peace.