[swilhelm73]

Well there are some civil states with a democratic tradition that are largely not religious now. So Adams was wrong. Granted, the non religious are living off the capital of religious insights. I certainly do, and I am not religious at all.

Well, looking at a nation like Belgium - which just banned one of its largest parties - it looks like that capital will only last so long...

[Torie]

That's interesting. What are the details about that? What major party was banned and why, and on what grounds?

By the way, Belgiums are one of the unhappiest nations on earth, per polls. Maybe it is the tension between the Flemish and the Walloons, I don't know. However, secular Danes are rated the happiest folks on earth.