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Originally Posted by GGG
This would imply that the majority of Canadians are irrational. I would say that those who are not fundementalists and believe in the contextual interpatation of religious texts are rational.
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If you're able to, could you expand on this idea? I used to hear people say this and go 'ya, that makes sense, the bible carries good moral principles, fair enough'. But when you really think about it, how does a set of moral principles make you religious? That makes you moral. So while you can argue 'contextual interpretation' is rational, I don't believe it's in the slightest a religious perspective. What makes the literal believers of the bible irrational is that they believe in the magical part of religion....Angels watching over them, god listening when they talk to him/her/it. It boils down to the fact that you can't pick and choose. Either you believe that the bible tells stories of truth, or they are made up but nevertheless valuable moral teachings. One side is irrational and religious, the other is neither.
And if it is the case that they are in fact valuable from a moral standpoint, why do you need the bible to carry on the teachings? Why not make a set of principles/teachings that CAN be taken literally.