I have to admit that the first four sections were difficult for me to read because I am not familiar with all of the examples that were given. He gave the example of the ideas or intelligence of Darwin shocking the religious community at the time because they were not ready for such large chunks of truth. It is certainly true that intelligence usually comes bits at a time and sometimes in large epiphanies, but intelligence is in us and comes more easily when we have that realization that it exists and then go seeking. Our family does consider it a moral obligation be intelligent, or be more Christ like. To be virtuous is good, but to be virtuous with intelligence gives the vision that the author suggests may be beyond what has been or is being accomplished, but gives us hope that life can get even better.
