[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."

[gobucks]

How do you define wisdom?

1. It is really valuable. 2. Most 'worldly' folks consider it utter foolishness 3. It is supernaturally gifted to one who seeks it in a repentant manner.