LAST DAYS III. Section C: THE GREAT FLOOD

"Look, I’m happy to talk about this if the discussion can proceed productively..."
"Do you believe in God?"
"What?"
"Do you believe in God?"
"Of course I don’t believe in God."
"So naturally, you don’t believe that God speaks."
"Listen, I don’t know what you are asking"
"This is God"
"You mean the screen saver?"
"Yes. I listen to God every day".
"This is God. This is the God you’ve been talking to me about. The screen saver."
"Yes."
"Are you high?"
"A little."
"At work?"
"I said a little. Listen. How do you think God speaks?"
"I don’t know, he’s never spoken to me."
"That’s where you’re wrong. He has spoken to you. Every minute of every day. You just are not in the habit of listening."
"Are you smoking up now?"
"Yes."
"Is that going to be problem at work?
"A little. Possibly. Listen."
"Isn’t your job flying planes?"
"Yes, and I am -so good at it. Listen. How do you think God speaks."
"I don’t know. Why don’t you tell me what he’s saying now and we’ll try to listen together."
"That’s my whole point. God does not speak in words."
"He speaks in tongues?"
"He doesn’t speak in tongues. How could God use words or sounds? How are you today? Fine and you? Does this sound like a conversation with God?"
"No."
"No. What did God do?"
"When?"
"In the Beginning. He created the Heavens and the Earth. How do you think he did that? Did he get a hammer or some sheet rock or a pair of scissors.."
"Isn’t there usually an earth diver?"
"He CREATED. How does God create? He thinks. He’s God. Creation is God thinking."
"Did you even finish that class?"
"So if creation is God thinking or God’s thought and creation are the same, how does God communicate?"
"That class of Dan Garber’s?"
"God communicates through things. Things and not words. The language of Eden and of Babel is things, objects. Not names. I do not believe the people before the fall could speak the language game of intentions. They spoke the language of things and actions. They had no words. This is why they were building a tower. Now, it’s a lot later. Or sooner. But anyway, we must use words. Do you know what the word of the day is?"
"Is THC one word, or three?"
"Can I use “bringmeslab” as one word? What is the word of the day; this is the word of the day, this is how God speaks, here"
"Through this widget."
"Yes."
"Are you sure God just isn’t your computer?"
"No. Listen. Look at thid widget on my computer: It gives you the word of the day. The word of the day is “precipitate” cause (an event or situation, typically one that is bad or undesirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely : the incident precipitated a political crisis. -but also Chemistry cause (a substance) to be deposited in solid form from a solution. • cause (drops of moisture or particles of dust) to be deposited from the atmosphere or from a vapor or suspension.” Something that is already there, that is is suddenly made solid, manifest like rain. This is what you’re doing. This is what you are doing right now."