You seem to have posed a questionable assumption, linking religious non belief to higher intelligence, and then shot it down.

I've never accepted that assumption expressed in that way, so I don't buy in. As for all of us prone to sloppy thinking and delusional thinking on some things, well yes.

I don't see anything the matter with faith, but realistically and statistically it will never prevail over reason. Consequently I believe the most intelligent and logical method for establishing facts is science and reason. So in other words, fuck yes we are smarter (Of course that does not mean all of us).

Being more reasonable do not connote greater intelligence or greater education or even so called wisdom, it simply implied the ability to think in an organised way and draw your own conclusions.
It takes very little intelligence to realise the absence of evidence for the existence or effectiveness of a purported god, simply the ability to observe and act according.

Absolutely agree...
It’s because having faith does not any relation to having intelligence. That is why religious folks and atheists often have a hard time with each other. They both look at each other and think the same thing: how could you believe versus how can you not believe.

Perhaps we could say atheists are enlightened amongst ourselves, but I’m not excited about the use of that term either.

When I first came here I created a similar post on this topic and 90% of the replies were “then leave.”

I’ve discovered a few good people here, but overall this is no different than any large community: mostly average with a few intelligent people and a few not-so-intelligent people.

The reason? It’s a community, there are all types.