...”intellectual tradition is beyond their grasp”...
Did that remark help you feel smart?
No: Fundamentalists (just like David Koresh and Jim Jones, and Billy Graham etc) are those who spurn theological debate, research, and inquiry because it explodes their sola scriptura nonsense must be deemed anti-intellectual. Name me a single university theological department that spouts this infantile stuff.
I have no idea what is going thru his head; but the remark DID, IMHO, make him look smug.