Larry made a good point. The greek scientists before Christus were intelligent but also believed in something, some other gods. What about the great scientists in Egypt? They all did good work but believed in some other religion / gods.

But on the other hand you can also say that all of them breath air, eat and drink something. Some of them eat the same food like I do. So maybe I should be happy that I have something in common with them.

Is this intolerant? Not it is not. We tolerate all their religions, the food they eat and the way they dress, but especially we admire their scientific achievements.