Anytime you have anyone who thinks he or she has God in their pocket, you have the potential for disaster, ... Throughout history, the claim that God is on your side has been used to justify any action, no matter how violent or destructive.

When anybody believes that he or she somehow knows the mind of God and knows what God wants for them and for everybody else, then you have the potential for catastrophe because ... they can justify anything. It's not what I'm doing; it's what God wants me to do.

This is our last chance to head off a potential disaster. We don't want there to be any excuses. This is no time for procrastination.

Feel for others - in your pocket

I believe religion is an extraordinarily powerful force that has inspired the noblest best and the worst. But now we're in a world where we have many different ways that a small number of people can wreak havoc. The danger has escalated to a totally different level.

There aren't as many easy themes or uniting themes that people who come from the left side of the political and religious spectrum all agree on the way we've seen some of the issues on the religious right that have been easier to rally people around. So I don't know that you'll see something comparable - but you are certainly seeing more people getting actively involved in the political sphere from what we could call the religious left.