No, I think she meant that in the town in which Johnny Taliban was reared, it was RARE to find any Christian churches or Jewish Synagogues. It would have been much easier for him attend services for one of the 'alternative' beliefs. And being a conformist to non-conformity like many Californians, he gravitated to one of those beliefs approved by the other non-conformists. Ah yes, diverstiy of thought is a wonderful thing, is it not?