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Actor Stephen Fry has denounced God as "utterly evil, capricious and monstrous", if he were to exist.
The comedian's attack on the notion of a deity were made on an Irish religious affairs programme aired on Sunday night.
A brief clip of Fry on RTE television's The Meaning of Life has already caused as storm on Youtube with more than two million views even before broadcast.
On the short clip, Fry is asked by veteran Irish TV presenter Gay Byrne what he would say to God if he died and had to confront him.
In his imaginary conversation with God, Fry says he would tell him: "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?"
Pressed by Byrne over how he would react if he was locked outside the pearly gates, Fry says: "I would say: 'bone cancer in children? What's that about?'
"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?"
On how to explain the wonders of the world, Fry then launches another attack on all-seeing, all-knowing God creator.
"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."


Actor Stephen Fry creates firestorm by calling God 'utterly evil, capricious' if he does exist

British actor Stephen Fry poses for photographers at the BAFTA British Academy Film Awards nominees announcement in London. Photo: AFP

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