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- In a video viewed more than 6 million times on YouTube, Stephen Fry was asked what he’d say were he to meet God at the pearly gates. He replied: “I would say to God, ‘Bone cancer in children, what’s that all about? How dare you create a world in which there is such misery that is not our fault. It’s not right. It’s utterly evil.
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Feb 1, 2015 · In a clip released online, Byrne asks Fry what he’d say when “confronted by God” at the pearly gates—assuming there is a heaven, that is. Fry chuckles, and then lets it rip.
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Feb 1, 2015 · February 1, 2015 9:29 AM EST. A ctor-comedian Stephen Fry, an outspoken atheist, had an answer ready this week when asked what he’d say if “confronted by God.” “Suppose it’s all true, and...
“Suppose it’s all true, and you walk up to the pearly gates, and are confronted by God,” asked Bryne. “What will Stephen Fry say to him, her, or it?” The 57-year-old replied: “I’d ...
Be a giver, not a taker. It’s more rewarding. In the clip above, Gay Byrne, a broadcaster with RTÉ , now asks Fry to look forward and answer another question: Suppose there is a God, and you arrive at the Pearly Gates, what would you say to him, her or it?
Jan 30, 2015 · Stephen Fry gave an impassioned response when asked what he would say to God, if he were to arrive at the gates of Heaven. Speaking to a TV host on Irish station RTE’s ‘Meaning of LIfe’ programme, Fry, a devout atheist called God “evil”, “stupid” and “a maniac”, and asked why he would create a world that is “so full of ...
Feb 17, 2015 · Posted 17 Feb 2015. When The Meaning of Life host Gay Byrne asked Stephen Fry what he would say to God if he found himself standing before the Pearly Gates, his reply was short and sharp: "Bone cancer in children: what's that about?"
Feb 10, 2015 · In the video in question, he articulates precisely what he would say to God if, upon arriving at the pearly gates, he discovered that he was mistaken in his atheism. Fry says that he would ask God why he made a universe in which children get bone cancer, a universe in which human beings suffer horrifically and without justification.