Reminds me of Aristophanes's "The Clouds", where one of the characters confesses that he had always believed that rain is Zeus pissing through a sieve.

You have a great future as a religious leader, you should make a fortune. But remember to make it work, you have to do some token charity work for the poor, in order to keep your followers guilt coming. So, as I am poor, I will send you my bank details and you can make payments, and I will send you regular hand written notes about all the wonderful things your money is doing in my poor third world community. Send me 5% and I will say you are sending 75 %. Deal ?

I miss Jack Handy!