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i would say it is impossible to be "brilliant" and atheist...
just based off scripture and the definition of atheist....
they become a fool and blind to truth but wise to themself and those who desire worldly temporal and usually twisted knowledge that leads to no lasting fruit
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Proverbs 1:7 - The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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Psalm 14
14 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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1 Corinthians 3:19
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
just based off scripture and the definition of atheist....
they become a fool and blind to truth but wise to themself and those who desire worldly temporal and usually twisted knowledge that leads to no lasting fruit
__________________
Proverbs 1:7 - The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
__________
Psalm 14
14 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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1 Corinthians 3:19
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
Atheists are foolish when it comes to knowing about God, but it does not mean they can not be brilliant in other areas. C.S. Lewis was an atheist before coming to Christ, he was a genius in English literature before his conversion and after his conversion.