A few days back, Grant said something interesting, which was that while he was on his tour, one of the cyclists had a strong anti-religion stance.  But during these trips, we spend a lot of time in churches; they donate the space, they donate meals, they are extremely kind and caring and generous.  And so it was interesting for this person to watch that.  And I find that I'm going through something similar.  I wouldn't say I have a *strong* anti-religion stance, but definitely I don't have much use for religion in my life, and I have some negativity around it from growing up Catholic.  I think, to be honest, of it as a bit silly, a bit intellectually and emotionally lazy, and sometimes as judgmental and divisive.  But this trip definitely has softened that feeling, or at least augmented it.  Perhaps I still think all those things above, but you have to admit that churches and religion do a lot of really great work.  I have lamented - not for the first time - the lack of a strong parallel organization that isn't about religion but still does good work.  There are such things, but definitely - at least in this country - if you want to do good, you often end up being involved with religion.  Anyway, I have no conclusions for you, just interesting thoughts.