Stephen Fry blasphemy probe dropped after garda fail to find 'substantial number of outraged people

[beam me up scottie]

9. Does one need special insight to wonder why a loving god creates bone cancer and parasites?

Why shouldn't we 'judge' a creator who allows his creations to suffer for absolutely no good reason the same way we would judge an abusive parent? And why isn't Stephen competent to judge such an evil and vengeful creature? The old testament god was a homicidal maniac after all so why should Fry keep his opinions to himself? Especially when it's a being he doesn't even believe in. It's no different than dissing Zeus or Thor on television except you can't be prosecuted for criticizing those gods.

Stephen Fry nailed that interview, it was a thing of beauty.

Here's the video for those who haven't had a chance to enjoy it yet:

Superb!

Stephen Fry brands God 'utterly utterly evil'

The newly married broadcaster was asked what he would do if he found himself at the “pearly gates” after his death.

"I'll say: bone cancer in children, what's that about?” he said.

"How dare you. How dare you create a world in which there is such misery that's not our fault? It’s not right. 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?"

Fry was being interviewed for an Irish television show called The Meaning of Life when he launched into an impassioned tirade about God’s existence.

Asked if he thought he would get to heaven, he replied: "No, but I wouldn't want to. I wouldn’t want to get in on his terms. They’re wrong.

He added: "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. Why? Why did you do that to us? It is simply not acceptable.

“Atheism is not just about not believing there's a god. On the assumption there is one, what kind of God is he? It’s perfectly apparent that was monstrous, utterly monstrous, and deserves no respect.”

He added: "The moment you banish him, your life becomes simpler, purer cleaner, more worth living in my opinion."

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Gay Byrne, the interviewer, slightly taken aback by Fry's strongly worded response, said it was the longest answer he’d got to that question.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/11381589/Watch-Stephen-Fry-brands-God-utterly-utterly-evil.html