Archbishop of Canterbury now doubts existence of God

[disillusioned1]

Archbishop of Canterbury admits: This makes me doubt the existence of God
By Chris Hastings, Patrick Hennessy and Sean Rayment
(Filed: 02/01/2005)

The Asian tsunami disaster should make all Christians question the existence of God, Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, writes in The Telegraph today.

In a deeply personal and candid article, he says "it would be wrong" if faith were not "upset" by the catastrophe which has already claimed more than 150,000 lives.

Dr Rowan Williams: Prayer provides no 'magical solutions'
Prayer, he admits, provides no "magical solutions" and most of the stock Christian answers to human suffering do not "go very far in helping us, one week on, with the intolerable grief and devastation in front of us".

Dr Williams, who, as head of the Church of England, represents 70 million Anglicans around the world, writes: "Every single random, accidental death is something that should upset a faith bound up in comfort and ready answers. Faced with the paralysing magnitude of a disaster like this, we naturally feel more deeply outraged - and also more deeply helpless."

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;sessionid=AKXUA0G0XTYGFQFIQMFSM54AVCBQ0JVC?xml=/news/2005/01/02/nbish02.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/01/02/ixportaltop.html

[lazarus]

1. interesting

will this get as much play as the "conversion" of Antony Flew got?

[trotsky]

3. Of course not.

And you know why? The media likes to report on unusual events - and there's nothing unusual about a theist becoming an atheist! :)

[displacedtexan]

2. Sounds like a "meddlesome priest in reverse" to me.

My, how times change!

We all know what happens to meddlesome priests.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_a_Becket