Is God Talking?

You've probably heard this one:

The Big Flood

It had been raining for days and days, and a terrible flood had come over the land. The waters rose so high that one man was forced to climb onto the roof of his house.

As the waters rose higher and higher, a man in a rowboat appeared, and told him to get in. "No," replied the man on the roof. "I have faith in the Lord; the Lord will save me." So the man in the rowboat went away. The man on the roof prayed for God to save him.

The waters rose higher and higher, and suddenly a speedboat appeared. "Climb in!" shouted a man in the boat. "No," replied the man on the roof. "I have faith in the Lord; the Lord will save me." So the man in the speedboat went away. The man on the roof prayed for God to save him.

The waters continued to rise. A helicopter appeared and over the loudspeaker, the pilot announced he would lower a rope to the man on the roof. "No," replied the man on the roof. "I have faith in the Lord; the Lord will save me." So the helicopter went away. The man on the roof prayed for God to save him.

The waters rose higher and higher, and eventually they rose so high that the man on the roof was washed away, and alas, the poor man drowned.

Upon arriving in heaven, the man marched straight over to God. "Heavenly Father," he said, "I had faith in you, I prayed to you to save me, and yet you did nothing. Why?" God gave him a puzzled look, and replied "I sent you two boats and a helicopter, what more did you expect?"

Maybe it's God talking, or maybe it's the "invisible hand" of the market, (and doesn't that "invisible hand" sound like God anyway?) but is it possible that She is talking to us if we had the ears to hear?

Two articles at Google News caught my eye, appearing as they did in separate columns, though on the same screen. The first spoke of rising oil prices while the second spoke of shrinking glaciers in the Antarctic.

Co-incidence? Almost certainly.

And yet, the price of oil tells us that fossil fuel reserves are being depleted. Shrinking glaciers tell us that the Earth's climate is warming, quite likely because of human use of fossil fuels. Hmmm.

Now, as an agnostic, I am far from claiming that God is trying to tell us something.

On the other hand, if She DOES exist, is it too much of a stretch to imagine that she'd speak through Google? And if She is doing just that, is it the rowboat, speedboat or helicopter?