there wasn t any religion in this at all. i m sorry . he was a skier, world class skier. he used to call sunday mornings and say let s go skiing. he d never pros let sized and gave up his life for the afghanistan. how did he choose this as the major life change for him? how did he choose afghanistan and the afghan people? he loved the mountains. it was a fascinating place, it was an adventure. he had a he was very successful professionally and wanted to give something back to people. general. it had nothing to do with christianityty on proselytizing. did he speak of the dangerous inherent with that region? absolutely. i mean he was a back country skier. he took risks but he wasn t reckless. he knew the dangerous and knew he could die.