
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....