I don't want to be harsh or offend you, and I am sorry if I do. I will not be offended no matter what is said. However, I hope that the discussion will be featured above the inevitable verbal sparring. As I said before, maybe you don't want to believe in Christianity no matter how much evidence can be provided. Perhaps your intelligence is making you blind.
Intellect never blinds anybody who uses it.
On the contrary, it opens our eyes to all possibilities along with giving us the ability to see everything clearly. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by fair and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded. Here, Paul is saying quite a bit. First, he says to ignore those would question Christian doctrine. Second, he provides the standard stereotype that is often used to denigrate non-believers.