Only one word he used in that statement could be considered religious, which is repent, and even so, the word repent is not exclusive to any one religion in the first place, its honestly more of overarching truth; like taking responsibility for your actions whether their positive or negative. I think you're defensive for no reason. And nothing is going to happen to california until it happens, and then when it does it wouldn't matter because it actually happened. So focus on the now.