The Crux of the matter, pun intended...
But doesn’t that actually remind you of some religious people as well?
Over on the religion forum, I get the same self righteousness from people because I’m Catholic. It’s the “you haven’t read scripture like I have” tone. No matter how many references one posts, they are better.
Catholics are intellectually inferior even when one shows not to be. We are hinted to be, stupid, idol worshipers, sheep etc.
I’m not sure that this isn’t a Christian thing as well.
And it should sound even more bigoted than it does. Imagine if we used racial terms instead:
Make no mistake: [Insert name of group] think they're smarter than blacks...It is a certainty (to them) that blacks are intellectually inferior.
People would go ballistic about such a statement, but religion is okay to be bigoted against, because the public has bought into the lie that religious belief reflects intellectual capability.