Kreitsauce's Musings

That’s what Richard Dawkins says. If you don’t believe me, go ahead and check out his article on his personal website. Don’t worry, I’ll still be here when you’re finished. One quick word of advice before you go, though. You might want to make sure you’ve taken your heart meds before you read the whole thing. He’s got quite a few things to say about those of us from the Bible belt. Then there’s Sam Harris in his Letter to a Christian Nation, where he writes: “Our country now appears, as at no other time in her history, like a lumbering, bellicose, dim-witted giant.” Do us a favor, Sam. Don’t play it again.

It’s funny that while our squeaking atheist wheels scream for more grease, they are blind to the fact that no one has the corner market on idiots. Just search for atheists on Youtube. Dumb ones are a dime a dozen. That, by the way, is true of just about every cause or faith. People are people. Some are uneducated or lack common sense. It happens.

But, rather than focus on pandemic stupidity, I’d rather focus on the topic of intelligence. There are intelligent people in every walk of life. There are intelligent scientists, historians, teachers, pastors, writers, doctors, and homemakers. I would honestly take an honest, hardworking man or woman over a self-important “intellectual” any day. And another thing: there have been Christians from practically every walk of life. I don’t see how Christianity is antagonistic to intelligence, since plenty of people were both intelligent and men and women of faith.

I leave you with a quote by Alexis de Tocqueville, who said: “Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.” de Tocqueville was smarter than most folks today, but he saw the link between liberty, morality, and faith.