Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamentalism?

[Angrboda]

The problem is what it would mean to religiously apprehend things. That isn’t going to be rational.

I also don't know what it means to apprehend something religiously. 

How can you be sure that such a thing won't be rational?

I think revelation is an important concept here. A revealed truth is a fundamental truth about reality that is communicated directly to a mortal by the divine. So religiously apprehending something, I think, would require some elevated communication, beyond that achievable by mortal to mortal, and it must communicate a fundamental, or perhaps important truth. Take Jesus' command to turn the other cheek. People can read that and have a response of wth? How does that makes sense. But if turning the other cheek is an important truth, getting it from a divine authority can bypass our critical filters. So, the same would apply to stories, allegory, and parable. If Jesus' parable about the sower communicates an essential truth that couldn't be communicated non-narratively, then it is a more religious narrative than one which simply relates an easily accepted more through the medium of story.