New age bogeyman

I get that Whole Foods founder and co-CEO is stating his opinion when he says:

But that ethical underpinning has eroded as American society has grown increasingly secular, Mackey said. And with that decline, the trust in both public and private institutions has evaporated.

in this article in the Austin Statesman found here: http://bit.ly/SEDMn4

I respect his opinion but opinion does not equal fact. Secularism is a convenient, and often impossible to prove, bogeyman. One could just as easily argue that naked capitalism without a soul is the result of unabashed greed in an era of relaxed regulatory protections for consumers, investors, and average Joes. Capitalists lost their way because they were finally allowed to behave rationally (rational meaning rational for them, not necessarily society), not because society turned away from Judeo-Christian institutions. I'm not protecting a secularist view, I'm opposed to throwing thoughts and belief systems under the bus out of convenience. If he's right, show it. Saying so doesn't make a belief true or accurate.