Ake, the premises of religion are primarily based on faith, but most branches of the theology built on that faith are a very rational process. I had a Theology major and a Philosophy minor in the seminary, which was the standard course of study for Catholic priests.

Thomas Aquinas is probably the best-known Catholic theologian, and 800 years of theology students have been tortured with the careful rational processes of Aquinas since then. Now, although Aquinas is a Doctor of the Church, some Catholics label me a heretic when I teach Aquinas. We have a lot of very vocal Catholics like Randall Terry (above) who don't bother with those rational processes. They'd rather just scream slogans and point fingers.

-Joe-