As to your assertion "How can he, as a Christian conservative, claim not to know the will of God? This is plainly absurd. If he is being honest, then he has taken a giant step in the direction of liberal Christianity. Conservative Christians know precisely what God is doing and why He does it. They have no doubts or uncertainties on such matters."

Apparently the apostle Paul might not agree with you as he says in Romans 8:26ff:

26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints ...

"Another condescending article from an outsider about how much WV rednecks are to be pitied for their insulation, lack of education and vultures circling to take advantage of them."

I guess I didn't read the article that way. In fact, she seemed to indicate the opposite when she quoted the environmentalist who moved there thinking he had the answers and soon discovered he knew much less than the locals.