One enterprising entrepreneur has discovered that he/she can make a buck selling a bunch of junk with the message "The Holy Bible is the Secret to Happy Life". We particularly like the Beer Stein and Ladies Thong.

So, is the Bible a book that teaches you the 'Secret to Happiness'? Is Christianity a religion that gives Americans the key to fulfilling their pursuit of happiness?
Before you answer these questions, here are a few verses to consider.
2 Thess 1:4 Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.
Romans 5:3 More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.
2Tim. 1:8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,
2Tim. 2:3 Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2Tim. 4:5 As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
Acts 5:41 Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.
Matt. 5:10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
John 15:20 Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you.
2 Cor. 12:10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Tim 3:12 Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
2 Cor 11:23 Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death. 24 Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; 26 on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; 27 in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. 28 And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.
So, is the Bible the 'secret to a happy life' or is the person selling this Jesus Junk making merchandise of Biblically illiterate Christians so that they can experience more 'happiness' in the form of material wealth?