God, Fry & The Pope

If you've not seen Stephen Fry talk about the Catholic Church in 2009 - hop on YouTube please and do it.

He has again hit the headlines today saying how he would address God. What did he say? He said:

“How dare you?”

"I’ll say: bone cancer in children, what’s that about? How dare you how dare you create a world where there is such misery that’s not our fault? It’s utterly, utterly evil.

“Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid god who creates a world which is so full of injustice and pain?

“The god who created this universe, if he created this universe, is quite clearly a maniac, an utter maniac, totally selfish. We have to spend our lives on our knees thanking him. What kind of god would do that?

“Yes the world is very splendid, but it also has in it insects whose whole life cycle is to burrow into the eyes of children and make them blind.”

You know, I know so little, understand so little. I admire Stephen immensely. I would say this to you. Who is good in this world? What is good? The human spirit without agenda is the most pure form of love. My god, if only we could get anywhere near this...

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