The family has put together the Big Premise (a solar flare has flung Oak Street back to the Mesozoic era). The dad predicts, βGod's not gonna let us die here.β
Kenny still appreciated a good church service and even did readings from the breviary. Unusually, he argued there was no reason why an agnostic shouldn't pray.
In Nolan's supposal, the mad scientist takes on the mystique of a wizard. Perhaps this is fitting, given that he sees science and wizardry as the same thing.