I think you're right, ILBob. Regardless of whether we're taking religion, cooking or ice dancing, a lot of people put full faith in their group leaders, even if the event has little to do with what the group is about and/or calls on completely different skills than is required for the person's leadership role. (Personal example: we took our Cub Scouts to the fire station last spring and one of the dad's asked me a technical question about one of the fire trucks. I'm no fireman but he somehow thought I'd know.)