I have observed on this forum that many commentators are wont to invoke religion in replying posts even when the context of such post is not particularly religious. It is also common to find those who point this out being vilified and called all sort of names.

This issue has become so endemic that even our<b> commander in chief </b>claims helplessness in solving problems that he was elected to solve and calls for prayers as a way forward.

My question is, do we lack the intellectual capacity to carry out intelligent discussions based on facts only without calling up religious sentiments (or any sentiment at all)?

Not all; most tho..

for example.. op, u r here asking an intelligent question.. but experiencing low traffic on this thread

if it were a celebrity topic u would see 200 posts in a day.

its clear