You really think you are making a right judgement listening to a religious person? If you are an educated person and think a sadhu will give you a better opinion, then I feel pity on you.
Any fool can learn from his own mistakes, but the smart ones learn from other people's mistake. Look at the rest of the evolved society, most if not all, are secular. They have experimented with everything and have realized a secular nation is more appropriate for the time we are now.