[gobucks]

Your tag line says there is no knowledge that is not power.

My 9th grade science teacher posted this in my class many times. many years later, older, harassed looking, he confided in me that he was beginning to hate being a high school teacher. "The kids cuss at me now, and one even threatened to beat me up. The administration is no longer protecting us from undisciplined kids".

It was an eye opening conversation. Alacarte, I will offer that historically, certain religious institutions have been quite guilty of persecuting those who seek knowledge. But to elevate secularism only makes sense under one circumstance: overall, people are happier.

Aderol, Paxil, Zoloft, Prozac, Concerta, etc, etd,...
lots of brain drugs out there doing .... what? Making secular scientists who work at secular drug companies pretty wealthy. Maybe they are the ones who are happier. maybe they have also been incented to deny alternate pathways to happiness have been available for investigation for a long time.

Wisdom is real. Do you agree?

[Alacarte]

But to elevate secularism only makes sense under one circumstance: overall, people are happier.

Not sure I agree, I think the pursuit of knowledge trumps all. I would never intentionally deprecate knowledge for happiness. I'd rather accepts the truth no matter how cold and impersonal it may be.

lots of brain drugs out there doing .... what? Making secular scientists who work at secular drug companies pretty wealthy.

This is greed, not secularism. Greed is not exclusive to secularists, especially given that reds are capitalists and blues are more socialist (assuming you accept that dems are more secularist than gop's).

maybe they have also been incented to deny alternate pathways to happiness have been available for investigation for a long time.

What do you mean by this?

Wisdom is real. Do you agree?

How do you define wisdom? I like this distinction: "Intelligence tells you it's raining, wisdom tells you to seek shelter."