This is a profound thought.
For me, I see much of the reasoning (or lack of reasoning) behind these titanic religious-cultural movements (Protestantism, Confucianism, etc.) is simply an adjunct to the true thing that moves it: a spiritual force, or spiritual forces, or spiritual beings, etc. As Time changes and The Battlefield changes, the original "reason" for the movement becomes obsolete, begins to stink like 3 days of guests and fish. This is the secret meaning behind the word "LIFE" in many spiritual contexts, especially Christian.
The reasoning (the theology) is simply there for those who cannot yet see or feel the spiritual forcr or spiritual being. It's a kindness to them, but anyone who presses against it hard enough will break it— and then a test comes.