"Stephen who?" was my first thought when I saw this story trending on Facebook. Apparently he's a British actor, writer, and comedian who also happens to be a homosexual atheist. Gee, no wonder he has a problem with God. When asked what he would say if confronted with God, he says:
“I’d say, bone cancer in children? What’s that about? “How dare you? How dare you create a world to which there is such misery that is not our fault. It’s not right, it’s utterly, utterly evil."
Yes, God is so evil that he gave his only begotten son to be brutalized and crucified so that everyone, even Stephen Fry, could go to heaven. These accusations against God have been posed and answered so many times as to be unoriginal, most recently by the likes of Bill Maher and Richard Dawkins. He goes on to say:
“Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid God who creates a world that is so full of injustice and pain. That’s what I would say. ”
Except God didn't. All it would take is a cursory reading of the first couple of chapters of Genesis to see God made everything perfect. There was no death, or sickness, or pain. But God gave man free-will, and with choices come consequences. It was the first man's free-will choice to reject God that sin entered the world and those consequences have reverberated down throughout history. Mankind is very much the cause for his own misery. Stephen conveniently overlooks this fact and the amount of injustice and pain man himself has caused. Why isn't he blaming mankind then?
God has promised to make everything perfect again, but it's a process. I'm not to go into a long theological explanation here as to why God is doing this way, but suffice to say I believe God is working on man's free-will and teaching us some important object lessons along the way. Namely what happens when we don't think we need God and think our way is better. He goes on to say:
"But I wouldn't want to (go to heaven)," Fry insisted. “I wouldn't want to get in on his terms. They are wrong."
I would add here this is the reason why Hell must exist, because not everyone will accept God. He has given us free-will and with it the ability to accept or reject Him. He does not force anyone to go to Heaven, or Hell for that matter. That decision is left entirely up to us.
"Now, if I died and it was Pluto, Hades, and if it was the 12 Greek gods then I would have more truck with it, because the Greeks didn’t pretend to not be human in their appetites, in their capriciousness, and in their unreasonableness… they didn’t present themselves as being all-seeing, all-wise, all-kind, all-beneficent, because the god that created this universe, if it was created by god, is quite clearly a maniac… utter maniac, totally selfish."
So he would he prefer pagan gods who are just as flawed as human beings rather than a righteous God, because in his limited perspective he can't rationale how a righteous God would permit pain and suffering. My contention is He would, for a finite period of time, if it produced a greater good.
“We have to spend our life on our knees thanking him? What kind of god would do that? So, atheism isn’t not just about not believing there’s a God, but on the assumption there is one, what kind of God is he?”
I find it interesting that a self-proclaimed atheist who doesn't believe in God has such visceral feelings concerning Him. If he truly doesn't believe in God why does he need to rationale it at all? Could it be that in his limited intellect and perspective he don't know everything. And if he doesn't know everything how can he make a judgement call towards God? May I suggest the reason his heart is so callus towards God is in part to do with his homosexuality, which ferments a spirit of rebelliousness. I sincerely hope he sees the error in his ways, before it's too late. You can read the full article here.
“I’d say, bone cancer in children? What’s that about? “How dare you? How dare you create a world to which there is such misery that is not our fault. It’s not right, it’s utterly, utterly evil."
Yes, God is so evil that he gave his only begotten son to be brutalized and crucified so that everyone, even Stephen Fry, could go to heaven. These accusations against God have been posed and answered so many times as to be unoriginal, most recently by the likes of Bill Maher and Richard Dawkins. He goes on to say:
“Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid God who creates a world that is so full of injustice and pain. That’s what I would say. ”
Except God didn't. All it would take is a cursory reading of the first couple of chapters of Genesis to see God made everything perfect. There was no death, or sickness, or pain. But God gave man free-will, and with choices come consequences. It was the first man's free-will choice to reject God that sin entered the world and those consequences have reverberated down throughout history. Mankind is very much the cause for his own misery. Stephen conveniently overlooks this fact and the amount of injustice and pain man himself has caused. Why isn't he blaming mankind then?
God has promised to make everything perfect again, but it's a process. I'm not to go into a long theological explanation here as to why God is doing this way, but suffice to say I believe God is working on man's free-will and teaching us some important object lessons along the way. Namely what happens when we don't think we need God and think our way is better. He goes on to say:
"But I wouldn't want to (go to heaven)," Fry insisted. “I wouldn't want to get in on his terms. They are wrong."
I would add here this is the reason why Hell must exist, because not everyone will accept God. He has given us free-will and with it the ability to accept or reject Him. He does not force anyone to go to Heaven, or Hell for that matter. That decision is left entirely up to us.
"Now, if I died and it was Pluto, Hades, and if it was the 12 Greek gods then I would have more truck with it, because the Greeks didn’t pretend to not be human in their appetites, in their capriciousness, and in their unreasonableness… they didn’t present themselves as being all-seeing, all-wise, all-kind, all-beneficent, because the god that created this universe, if it was created by god, is quite clearly a maniac… utter maniac, totally selfish."
So he would he prefer pagan gods who are just as flawed as human beings rather than a righteous God, because in his limited perspective he can't rationale how a righteous God would permit pain and suffering. My contention is He would, for a finite period of time, if it produced a greater good.
“We have to spend our life on our knees thanking him? What kind of god would do that? So, atheism isn’t not just about not believing there’s a God, but on the assumption there is one, what kind of God is he?”
I find it interesting that a self-proclaimed atheist who doesn't believe in God has such visceral feelings concerning Him. If he truly doesn't believe in God why does he need to rationale it at all? Could it be that in his limited intellect and perspective he don't know everything. And if he doesn't know everything how can he make a judgement call towards God? May I suggest the reason his heart is so callus towards God is in part to do with his homosexuality, which ferments a spirit of rebelliousness. I sincerely hope he sees the error in his ways, before it's too late. You can read the full article here.
