If You Could Ask God One Question

Suppose, when you get to heaven, you are given an opportunity to ask God one question. What would it be?

Earlier this year, the English comedian and actor Stephen Fry, who is a self-declared atheist, was interviewed by Irish broadcaster Gay Byrne.

At one point, Byrne said to Fry, "Suppose it's all true, and you walk up to the pearly gates, and are confronted by God. What will Stephen Fry say?"

Fry responded, "Bone cancer in children; what's that about? How dare you? How dare you create a world where there is such misery that's not our fault?" He then added a second question: "Why should I respect a ... God who creates a world that is so full of injustice and pain?"

That segment of the interview was soon posted on YouTube, where, within days, it was viewed over 5,000,000 times. Not surprisingly, the responses to the clip ranged from admiration to anger, with the head of Ireland's Presbyterian Church branding Fry as "spiritually blind." Fry later apologized for any offense he might have caused and said he wasn't referring to any specific religion. He explained that he was merely saying...