Ordinarily I ignore religion, just as I ignore astrology or palmistry. Sure, religion may have great social, even political impact, as a recent issue of The Economist illustrates (November 3-9, 2007). But I have much to do, so I leave religion as a very low “priority” on my daily agenda. Recently, however, I was part of a large group—3000 +/- residents—evacuated from Silverado Canyon, in Southern California’s Orange County, because of very serious threats of major fires and the difficulty … Read on…