God created heaven and the earth. Quickly he was faced with a class action

suit for failure to file an environmental impact statement. He was granted a

temporary permit for the project, but was stymied with the

cease and desist order for the earthly part.


Appearing at the hearing, God was asked why he began his earthly project in

the first place. He replied that he just liked to be creative.


Then God said, "Let there be light", and immediately the officials

demanded to know how the light would be made. Would there be strip

mining? What about thermal pollution? God explained that the light would

come from a huge ball of fire. God was granted provisional permission to

make light, assuming that no smoke would result from the ball of fire:

that he would obtain a building