I was passing City Hall in New York when I heard the crack of thunder and saw the flash of lightning. The clouds parted and suddenly a man with a long beard and wearing a business suit was standing on the steps of City Hall bathed in sunlight. Magically, a podium appeared full of microphones and then reporters appeared out of nowhere. As I looked more closely, I saw that the bearded man was the Lord God. And he was about to hold a press conference. The first question came from a reporter for the NY Times. He asked why God chose to appear on Earth, why not sent a prophet? God answered that the old ways of communicating did not work anymore. He used to whisper into the ears of a prophet, but nowadays if someone appeared in a crowd announcing that he had a message from God, he would be seen as crazy. He also thought of sending an angel, but the ambiguous sexuality of angels would just cause more questions. So he came down himself and added the special effects to make get no