Should Stephen Fry have faced blasphemy charges?

iT seems that the celebrity stephen Fry will not now face blasphemy charges in ireland for calling god a ‘maniac’. For too long Christianity has sat back and allowed self-appointed sages of no faith to insult the living god with impunity. mr Fry’s views, though sincere, are without knowledge and understanding and are, therefore, quite irrelevant. it is not god’s will that little children suffer from malnutrition. This is man’s fault, not that of a loving god who has handed the control of earth to us. if god interfered in every situation, then we would not be human but robots with no free will — and the likes of stephen Fry would be the first to complain. BILL ROWLANDS, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry. MAN has created wars, famine, hatred, poverty and disease, yet Stephen Fry blames God. Jews who survived the Nazi extermination camps never blamed God. Christians who have been persecuted don’t blame God. Muslims and Hindus who have suffered for their faith don’t turn their backs on God. Mr Fry should not be blamed for not knowing God. If you have never experienced God in your life, then it is natural to have such views. ROSEMARY NEMETH, Norwich. DiD someone invent a time machine to transport himself from the 17th century to the present in order to bring blasphemy charges against stephen Fry? ANGUS GAFRAIDH, London E11. I AM surprised that such an intelligent person as Stephen Fry could believe that God exists, let alone insult him. JOHN EVANS, Wokingham, Berks.