Whoever has ears, let them hear (Ch. 10-14 (I think...))

 Lauren had to leave her community if she wanted to survive the fires, but she also would've had to leave if she wanted to successfully spread her Earthseed religion. The Parable of the Sower (in the Bible) goes something like this: there's a farmer who's spreading seed on the ground, and some of the seed lands on rocks, some on weeds, and some in good soil. The seeds on the rocks don't grow, and the seeds near the weeds are choked out, but the seeds in the good soil grow into strong plants. The moral of the story is that people are like soil, and they need to be receptive of the teachings (seeds) of the farmer (Jesus). However, we can also turn that parable around: the farmer needs to sow seeds on good soil if they're going to take root. The community was like the rocky soil in the parable - they wouldn't have been receptive to Lauren's religion, because they were resistant to change, and resistant to the idea that everything in society was falling apart. To sow her Earthseed, Lauren needed to leave the community and find the good soil: people who have seen society unraveling, and recognize the need for change. She hasn't found those people yet, but maybe she will! Or maybe she'll die first, we'll see I guess...