I always got the impression that she talked about god and the bible, but did use this book, however the media, is going to ignore the bible, but because of religious referances, make a referance to this book and emphasise it more.
To the media, its picking your poision, if they have to talk about religion, then narrow down the scope as far as you and scrub the story lest the reader become more devout or detour away from secular humanism (aka godless atheist).
Agreed.