What do Clover spread and philosopher Aristotle have in common?

...They both think that the middle ground is best! Anyone remember this advert of Clover's, proudly declaring that it has half the saturated fat of butter?

The Greek philosopher Aristotle had a similar belief known as the Golden Mean and reasoned that the midway is the desirable virtue (e.g. coruage) unlike the deficit (cowardice) or excess (recklessness).

I like to have a "middle is best" approach to most things in life too and this extends to my faith. My interpretation of the Bible is somewhere between the hard-line fundamentalism which takes the Bible so literally that it removes it from its cultural time and context, and wishy-washy liberalism which sees the Bible as just a good book which people wrote to sum up their idea of God. I believe the Bible to be divinely inspired but written by people. This gives it a unique authority which no other book can claim, but it must also be read with its original intended context and culture in mind, so no treating it as a science text book please!

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. ~ 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV)