Which makes Cameron interesting to House in a way Wilson is not. House thinks he has Wilson completely figured out; Cameron still has that stimulating capacity to throw him for a loop.

That is a really, really excellent point. I like that!

And yes, I agree about how well and sensitively the issue was handled. The Chase element kept this from being yet another tiresome diatribe about the vacuousness of religious faith and how everything can be explained by science (Star Trek: The Next Generation, I'm looking at you).