I agree with replies 2 - 4, and I will add that there are indeed many intelligent believers, but they are just better at coming up with intelligent-sounding excuses to believe.

That's not what he said at all. He answered the question, what's the best way to make a kid not an atheist. The best way to do that is to make sure they don't gain critical thinking skills. That should do the trick. There are many religious folks who are also intelligent. These are simply delusional also.

I am bemused by this answer. Following your logic, every single person who believes in God or a higher power of some kind is uneducated, has sexual hang ups and terrible self esteem, is bigoted, probably is not terribly intelligent and is evil. You do realize you are including ¾ of the world in this observation?

I suggest you take a look in the mirror at such loathing since what you described is in most of humanity. Many people who do believe in something, (rather than nothing--now THAT takes faith) are very educated, and are not bigoted, nor stupid, or hateful, nor do we suffer bad self image or impose it upon others. Life is all about choice and I am rather surprised that someone of your belief system would use such a wide sweeping brush as often such generalities tend to be emotional and not fact based.