It&#x27;s not about intelligent minds, sure they were intelligent enough to reason about certain things from the political bias of rich white men about the stuff going on in their lives in the 1700s; for example gun rights. It&#x27;s about the relevance of any idea and their implications. And running entires societies and systems on the basis of principles created by men who have very little do with most of the people around today. And holding those ideas as the hallmark of society is a bit much.<p>As for religion see: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=mJM5mipwebw" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=mJM5mipwebw</a>