God vs. the financial crisis!

A new post for my category of weird religion, containing diverse mummeries and mockings of religious things and figures. Today: God versus the Financial Crisis!

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God, the omnipotent creator Himself, is looking down at the world with His trusty main angel aide by his side. Things are going badly in the world of men: a financial crisis looms, wars and famines spread, and American Idol refuses to die.

God: Hmm. I’ve heard people are hungry down there, angel.

Angel: Indeed it is so.

G: Famine… ha, I know. There’ll be enough food if there are less people. I will smite —

A: Lord, you promised you wouldn’t do that again.

G: Did I?

A: The whole Flood thing. And they happened to get it in writing, too.

G: Oh, that little… My next coming will take that back. I swear he-I will. Well, how about this finance stuff, then? This must be easier. I’ll make it rain gold coins for forty —

A: That might not work.

G: What? Why?