Stephen Fry: A force for good ... or not

[beam me up scottie]

*Disclaimer: posted in the Atheists and Agnostics group: A place where atheists and agnostics can engage in frank discussions about the effects of religion and its effects on politics and society

[Hieronymus]

1. Thank you, Stephen Fry.

[beam me up scottie]

4. Love that guy.

This interview was also about a thousand kinds of awesome:

[Duppers]

5. ☝ When asked about my atheism

I send this clip.

[beam me up scottie]

6. It's a shame the blasphemy case didn't make it to court.

Can you imagine what else Stephen would have said if he had the chance?

[Duppers]

7. Yep. 😉

But seriously, it was too bad. Some newspapers would've had to print what he had to say. <Gasp>

[Raster]

2. Too many institutions (many of them religious) and people with evil deeds....

...at the heart of their vast fortunes and great power, now want to be looked upon as benevolent and caring.

IT. IS. NOT. THAT. EASY.

It's like recovery. First, you admit there was a problem and acknowledge your evil deeds and actions that have harmed others. And then you begin to make right by actively seeking out those you have wronged... NOT glossing over your actions and behaviors, OWNING THEM, apologizing for them, and then making every effort to right those wrongs.

[beam me up scottie]

3. Well said!

When the organization in question can't even admit they did wrong and still treat women and lgbt people like second class citizens it's hard to take them seriously when they claim to be the world's moral compass. Make that impossible. It's impossible to take them seriously.

[cyclonefence]

8. Christianity isn't easy

One of the reasons I'm an atheist is the impossibility (for me) of believing in the words of Jesus enough to actually act on them (I realize Xianity isn't the only alternative to atheism, but it's how I was brought up). To follow Jesus, we must do exactly what Stephen Fry says the Pope could do to rehabilitate catholicism, and I'm not willing to sell everything I own and give the money to the poor. This is one of the central messages of Jesus, and one people who like to call themselves Christians to a man/woman fail to follow.