“Creation
Didn’t happen as described in the Bible. Irrational.”
What?! Creation by a Higher Power is the most rational theory of how the universe came to be, far more logical then saying “it just appeared in a big bang”.
In general, I really don’t like this attitude towards reason. The only religions that require one to check their brains at the door are those who need to hide from the truth. We, on the other hand, have nothing to hide – we have the truth, and we can prove it. Therefore, Judaism has never advocated its followers to stop thinking. Just the opposite – one of the loftiest goals of Judaisim has always been the intellectual, rational study and comprehension of all the Torah’s complex laws, and of the reasons behind them.
The Chovos HaLevavos, one of the earliest Mussar/Hashkafa seforim we have today (written by one of the earliest Rishonim) says that “Nefesh” that Hashem gave to humans which distinguishes us from the animals, is actually the intellect, the power of reason. It is through the intellect that we grow closer to Hashem.
The Rambam, the Chovos HaLevavos, and many, many others proved intellectually that a Higher Power created the world, and that He gave us the Torah. They were all avowed rationalists, and they proved beyond a doubt that Judaisim is quite rational.