01-02-2015, 18:12
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Trollsplatter
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Re: Stephen Fry calls God an ‘evil, capricious, monstrous maniac’.
A response by Tim Stanley in this morning's Tele:
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Saying that you prefer the Greek gods to the Christian one is akin to screaming “I did classics at school!” and is really just showing off. It’s also morally corrupt, because the Greek gods rather liked raping and murdering – and were often immune to human pleas for compassion. Moreover, Fry’s central point, that a God who is all-powerful yet does nothing about suffering must be cruel, is – sigh – rather passé.
Not only has theology dedicated itself for thousands of years to unpicking that problem but the answer to it is there in the very Bible itself ... I’m not saying anyone has to believe what I write, but please don’t act like it’s never been said before or that the answer to Fry’s facile question doesn’t exist. Dear Stephen imagines that he’s the first person in history to wonder why folks suffer. He’s not. He is, however, strangely upset about something that he doesn't even believe in. Who gets angry about an imaginary conversation?
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/reli...s-lost-it.html
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