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In the aftermath of the recent wave action in the Indian Ocean, even the archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williamson [sic], proved himself a latter-day Voltairean by whimpering that he could see how this might shake belief in a friendly creator. Williamson is of course a notorious fool, who does an almost perfect imitation of a bleating and frightened sheep, but even so, one is forced to rub one's eyes in astonishment. Is it possible that a grown man could live so long and still have his personal composure, not to mention his lifetime job description, upset by a large ripple of seawater?
— Christopher Hitchens
Tags: voltaire, tsunamis, theodicy, stupidity, sheep, rowan-williams, religion, natural-disasters, insults, indian-ocean, earthquakes, church-of-england, atheism, archbishop-of-canterbury, 2005, 2004-earthquake-and-tsunami, 2004
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