This was sent to me via email and I thought it was great, so I'm sharing it here:
In the beginning, God created heaven and earth.
Shortly thereafter God was in receipt of a notice to show cause why he shouldn't be cited for failure to file an environmental impact statement. He was granted a temporary planning permit for the project, but was stymied by a Cease and Desist Order for the earthly part.
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.'
Officials immediately demanded to know how the light would be made. Would it require strip mining? What about thermal pollution?
God explained that the light would come from a huge ball of fire, and provisional approval was granted with the proviso that no smoke would result.
The authorities demanded the issuance of a building permit, and (to conserve energy) required that the light be left off half the time. God agreed, saying he would call the light ‘Day' and the darkness ‘Night.' Officials replied that they were only interested in protecting the environment, not in semantics.
God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth green herb and such as many seed.'
The EPA agreed, so long as only native seed was used.
Then God said, ‘Let waters bring forth creeping creatures having life; and the fowl that may fly over the earth.'
