Something I recently came to understand was when the Christians say "this isn't something you can reason yourself into: you either 'get it' or you don't".

There's some reasoning involved for me, but it's mostly things like 'We as a species don't know nearly as much as we think we do,' which I use to navigate the obstacles my rational side tries to throw in the way of my faith. Intuition is still very necessary, and not just in matters of faith either.

Progressives only ever use reason as an argument when they want you to abandon your gut instinct. Most of the time they don't give a flying fuck about what's rational, they live by the creed 'my feels over objective reals, Nazi scum', but the second your healthy intuition rejects their sick web of propaganda, suddenly (their mangled version of) rationality is back on the menu!