Narrative is something that defines us as humans. Telling our story is elemental to our being, if we do not speak in narrative, we can not get to understanding what it means to be human, what it means to live.
Science is not narrative. Science is important for understanding our universe, and is infinitely valuable, but it can not replace narrative and myth, which does a better job of discussing our humanness.
Those of us on any spiritual journey are well served studying myth and narratives. This includes scripture, whether it's the Bible or the Tao or the Koran, these are ancient texts that have lasted for good reason. Even when we commit ourselves to one faith tradition, we gain knowledge from other texts.
Committing to a tradition is good, we gain more when we are committed to one tradition and can live inside it, if we are lucky enough to grow up in a tradition, we can gain value through those rituals in ways we can almost never gain from a "new" religion.
But it's not just about scripture, every story has something to teach us about being human.
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