People are always presuming ignostics are fuzzy minded navel gazers. In fact, we can be pretty critical and precise about our lack of knowledge of first principles, and can be pretty forthright in presuming that our peers also do not. Maybe we're "those rude New agnosts." Then again, perhaps we can just emphasize that those who make untestable claims, or at least who conclude axiomatic non-sequiturs as being even less humble.

I don't mind adopting a literary framework of cosmology. Perhaps the one thing we really contribute to the universe is a notion of meaning, and not only through storytelling. It's hard to say if we as a species are superb at storytelling, since we are pretty much the only ones that do it and we are probably biased. It would actually be pretty disturbing and unusual, not to mention unprecedented, if our investigations into the universe suddenly revealed a narrative structure, or any natural law that was proscriptive to our cogitations on human relations and ethics.

Speaking of society, I think we general skeptics need to be particular about the relative immanence of our concerns. There is a lot of utility in distinguishing between kinds of beliefs, and for the time being individual creeds. I'm not worried about either Amish suicide bombers, or allegorical Buddhists effecting repressive institutions to curb rampant egoism. Certainly, if we are worried about the implications people and institutions with supernatural ethics getting ahold of the destructive capabilities of rapidly advancing technology, we can save a lot of effort by focusing on the absurdities of wish-granting deities instead of dithering on about metaphysics, especially considering how little the two are related, if at all.

I'm not so sure he himself isn't a closet atheist. Stupid politics. It may very well be all an act (being a Christian). Anybody, correct me if I'm wrong.

I will continue to believe his judgement is better than mine until he proves otherwise, until thin I will give him the benefit of the doubt (within reason), and while I believe that he unfortunately sincere in his religious beliefs I also believe he is sincere in his respect and understanding of the constitution and is being more practical (perhaps, even more political) than ideological.