If memory is correct (doubt it), it was leaning against belief in God, not any religion in particular. I’ll have to break out my copy and skim through that section again. I originally got so turned off by it I skimmed and skimmed and skimmed (it was a loooooong rant) to the end of the offending speech so I didn’t retain many details. My bad.
Kinda like an Obama 'speech' where he starts with, "Let me be perfectly clear..."?