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Halx makes a good point. Of course we should treat these 'experts' as limited experts. I wouldn't go to Aquinas for advice about science; I wouldn't go to Hawking for advice on successful marriages. But just as we can learn a bit more about science from reading Hawking, we can learn a bit more about philosophy from reading the great philosophers (and yes, even the Christian ones).
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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