Meddling in God's Work...

So, we all know about people trying to 'play God' in many different facets of life -from controlling the sex of their child to the moment of their own death -and we know that these attempts of humans 'playing God' have had disastrous affects on humanity.

Well, two news articles that I've read the past week or so have hit a funny bone with me -both having to do with a new area of 'playing God.' They have to do with controlling weather. The first speaks of Moscow's mayor who is going to hire the Russian Air Force to chemically control the clouds above Moscow this winter in order to prevent snow. The second has to do with China's government, which chemically created snow to fall in Beijing. I won't claim to know the moral implications of weather control (maybe it is a good advancement in science -something that can 'help' people suffering from droughts or blizzards) -but just at first glance it seems to me like a dangerous enterprise when people try to take on 'God's work' in such a magnanimous arena. God has perfect order in Himself -humans (fallen in sin) usually have total disorder. Don't you think there are some things better left to Divine Providence? Not only really important things like life issues, but also weather? It will be interesting to see the global ramifications of this new weather 'game.' To read the articles click here:

Russia: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/luzhkov-takes-snow-fight-to-the-sky/387446.html

China: http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091103/wl_time/08599193409000

I wish more people in the world believed in the old Gospel value of surrender to Divine Providence.