Are fluids intelligent? Can you measure the IQ of a fluid? What about gravity? Is gravity intelligent? Do either of them think, reason or apply mental processes to their behaviors?
I would hope the standard answer would be, "no".
Has anyone ever seen a cross-section of a layer of sediment? There are very clear layers which result from sorting the smaller/lighter particles from the larger/heavier particles. And even the tiniest particles of gold are found near the bottom because neither the viscosity of a fluid nor gravity are fooled by the small size of a particle of gold dust. I suppose one could surmise that this indicates that when fluids and gravity work together too sort sediments, the results they produce are incredibly intelligent. But certainly anyone not attempting to offer some level of credibility to Biblical claims can understand that there is no intelligence in the interaction of the viscous nature of fluids and the force of gravity. The viscosity provides a resistance to movement while the gravity provides a steady propulsion against the viscosity. It just so happens that the results produced by the interaction of matter and energy, as displayed in fluid and gravity, can produce a very well sorted system of layers. In all likelihood, the results offered by fluid and gravity may well do a far superior job of sorting particles based on their size/weight ratio than the unassisted efforts of the most intelligent of men, and would do so much more quickly. This is why these properties were employed in gold prospecting.
What about a swirl pattern? Is this a sign of an intelligent hand at work? It clearly offers some fairly complex geometry so it must be a sign of intelligence, right? Or perhaps it is the simple interaction of force exhibited in the rotation of a relatively flat surface, and matter, (the face of the surface and a fluid applied to it).
These are similar to the earlier examples of snowflakes wherein the interaction of matter, (water), and energy, or in this case, a lack of energy, (cold), can result in remarkable patterns of designs which might well suggest intelligence to the uninitiated, and most especially, to those hoping to salvage the Bible from the effects of the knowledge gained by man.
Simple, dymanic interaction between energy and matter will always follow certain patterns which makes them, to one degree or another, predictable and testable. And indeed, seemingly complex patterns can emerge from such simple interactions. Anyone who has ever seen the magnified complexity of a pollen grain might be tempted to declare that nothing so complex, so geometrically refined, could possibly arise from the relative simplicity of a few simple properties working in unison without intelligence. But to present such a conclusion denies the obvious complexity which can arise from the interaction of multiples of simplicity. Another, somewhat less appropriate example can be found in artificial representation of a few simplistic properties, working together to form a remarkably complex design. The properties can be described in mathematical form and presented to a computer for processing. The fact that intelligence was applied to the code might cause some to instantly proclaim that intelligent design is necessary. But the intelligence required in such an example is necessary only to recreate something akin to simplistic properties in a form that can be processed in a computer. In this case we seen four simple loops, defining some very basic and related properties, all working in unison to create a non-simplistic pattern. And this was the result of just goofing around with a few formulas and numbers to represent properties for the computer to process in an interactive fashion.
..For Z = 0 To 6.28 Step 0.3
....zX = Sin(Z) * Xpand + X
....zY = Cos(Z) * Ypand + Y
......For W = 0 To 6.28 Step 0.3
........wX = Sin(W) * (Xpand - 200) + zX
........wY = Cos(W) * (Ypand - 200) + zY
..........For V = 0 To 12 Step 1
............vX = Sin(V) * (Xpand - 900) + wX
............vY = Cos(V) * (Ypand - 900) + wY
..............MC = Abs(vX - X) + Abs(vY - Y)
..............MC = (MC / 36)
..............Line (vX, vY)-(wX, wY), RGB(20, 20, (255 - (MC * 2.5)))
..............For B = 0 To 12 Step 0.1
..................bX = Sin(B) * (Xpand - 1140) + vX
..................bY = Cos(B) * (Ypand - 1140) + vY
...................MC = Abs(bX - X) + Abs(bY - Y)
...................MC = (MC / 36)
..................Line (bX, bY)-(vX, vY), RGB(0, (255 - (MC * 1.6)), 0)
..................PSet (bX, bY), RGB(0, 125 - (MC * 1.2), 0)
................DoEvents
..............Next
..............HLD = (255 - (MC * 1.6))
..............PSet (vX, vY), RGB(HLD * 0.8, HLD * 1.7, HLD * 0.8)
..........Next
......Next
..Next
So hopefully we can agree that fluids aren't intelligent, gravity possesses no intelligence, rotation isn't a form of intelligence nor is the lack of thermal energy resulting in cold. And as wisely pointed out already, "stupidity" is a level of intelligence. So anything which possesses no intelligence cannot, by definition, be stupid.
And as for all the references to the "word of God", meaning the Bible; I think it best to remember that while the Bible has proudly and boldly offered itself to be the word of God, God himself has remained conspicuously silent. God has never claimed the Bible to be his word.
