It was the sound of Christian humility: We can't know the mind of God, we can only pray we are in accord with it. Pop quiz: to what faith-based public gesture is esteemed pundit Peggy Noonan referring with this line in today's Wall Street Journal column? Click the blingee for a multiple choice!1. When Barack Obama told Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren that the precise moment at which human life, in the Christian sense denoting the establishment of a unique human "soul," begins was a matter "above my pay grade." 2. When Sarah Palin told a church youth group that "our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God" with regard to The Iraq. Ha ha ha, stab stab stab. Here's what she wrote on #1:

The slide started with the Rick Warren interviews in August, just as America was starting to pay attention. Verdict? McCain: normal. Obama: odd.

UPDATE: Upon actually watching the video it fucking appears to me that Peggy could actually be right about what Sarah Palin was saying. I trusted the AP, which it turns out hates Christians. That said, I still think the juxtaposition is valid, and that Obama might be wise to cast himself as a disciple of an alternative, less "fact-resistant" to bite Andrew Sullivan, and most importantly humbler, form of Christianity. Of course, casting oneself as anything is a sort of inherently un-humble activity, but Obama is a smart guy. And Obama should watch the whole fucking video, because what she says about God's will uniting people and corporations is FUCKING PRICELESS OMG.