When Faraday explained to me why the universe was not several billions of years old because one had to rely upon the Bible and not Science then I would claim he was stupid. He was not. He was smart enough to say...
“In my intercourse with my fellow creatures that which is religious and that which is philosophical have ever been distinct things.” Faraday
“Electricity is often called wonderful, beautiful; but it is so only in common with the other forces of nature. The beauty of electricity or of any other force is not that the power is mysterious, and unexpected, touching every sense at unawares in turn, but that it is under law, and that the taught intellect can even govern it largely. The human mind is placed above, and not beneath it, and it is in such a point of view that the mental education afforded by science is rendered super-eminent in dignity, in practical application and utility; for by enabling the mind to apply the natural power through law, it conveys the gifts of God to man.”
— Michael Faraday, Notes for a Friday Discourse at the Royal Institution (1858