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Stephen Fry accused of 'spiritual blindness'

At the weekend Mr Fry said God was 'capricious, mean minded and stupid' in an interview with Irish broadcaster RTE.

Revd Ian McNie has been elected as the moderator-designate of the 240,000 strong Church and will take control in June.

He said: "Until Stephen Fry's spiritual blind eyes are opened he will say what he has said, because he has said what he has said he has only confirmed what the Bible teaches.

"He has been an asset to the church cause, enabling us to know that the Bible is true.

"I felt sorry for the man that his understanding of life is simply confined to the here and now and from his position of atheism there is no hope for the future."

During the interview with The Meaning Of Life Mr Fry was asked what he would say to God if he got to heaven.

He replied: "I'll say 'bone cancer in children - what's that about? How dare you. How dare you create a world in which there is such misery that is 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."

He is then asked if he thought he would get into Heaven and replied: "No, but I wouldn't want to. I wouldn't want to get in on his terms. They are wrong."

He added: "Because the God who created this universe, if it was created by God, is quite clearly a maniac, utter maniac. Totally selfish. We have to spend our life 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 lifecycle is to burrow into the eyes of children and make them blind. They eat outwards from the eyes. Why? Why did you do that to us? You could easily have made a creation in which that didn't exist. It is simply not acceptable.

"It's perfectly apparent that he is monstrous. Utterly monstrous and deserves no respect whatsoever. The moment you banish him, life becomes simpler, purer, cleaner, more worth living in my opinion."

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