Christianity, Islam, and Judaism were created just to amuse a small group of well-to-do men it has been announced.
A small group has existed throughout history making pronouncements and hiring actors with enormous stage presence to deliver them just to see if people would believe them.
'We honestly didn't think it would go this far' said one of the group anonymously.
'We didn't think people would kill each other. It sort of got away from us and we lost control.
We try damage limitation exercises by announcing hippy sounding shit but nobody listens anymore.'
'So we have decided to come clean. It was just a few rich blokes having a laugh. Sorry about all the death and suffering.'
'Incidentally, the stock market? Same thing. Different bunch of men. Did you really believe you can buy thin air, buy a 'share' of something?'
'Fucking hilarious.'