People with apparently irrational religious views have had major insights into technical areas of philosophy and to the theory of rationality:
Thomas Bayes
Robert Aumann
Saul Kripke
Hilary Putnam
I'm sure there are others, but these are the best known examples. Putnam was also a Maoist for a while. A number of top German scientists worked for the Nazis, having seen their Jewish colleagues chased out of their university positions.
People with apparently irrational religious views have had major insights into technical areas of philosophy and to the theory of rationality:
Thomas Bayes Robert Aumann Saul Kripke Hilary Putnam
I'm sure there are others, but these are the best known examples. Putnam was also a Maoist for a while. A number of top German scientists worked for the Nazis, having seen their Jewish colleagues chased out of their university positions.