“I think I’d say, ‘Bone cancer in children?’” Fry replied. “’What’s that about’? How dare you. How dare you create a world in which there is such misery that is not our fault. It’s not right. It’s utterly, utterly evil. Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid God who creates a world that is so full of injustice and pain?’”
How do we answer his question?
I have responses that address his premise, such as, “why do you think bone cancer in children, injustice and pain are wrong”?
He does not have a reason for objecting to any wrong or evil.
But how do we explain such things?
After our "perfect world" was taken from "us"...
We live in a world where things are based on the laws of nature, i.e., physics. JUST the way Mr. Fry wanted it. After Adam /Eve, we now live in a world governed by rules and laws of gravity, thermodynamics, etc. No, outwardly visible "interference" or provable "meddling" from God anymore.
We are all subject to the same effect (pretty much) if we were to fall from a building, for example. Cells divide in a child in in the womb, and thanks to the laws of nature, defects just happen in the world governed by science. It's not fair, or right, or predictable in many cases. But it happens. If an inbred brother and sister have a kid, the kid will have issues. the kid didn't deserve this, but how would we explain it if two inbreds give birth to Tom Selleck or Kate Upton?
The world he complains about is the world HE wanted. the world that HIS KIND hasn't "saved" yet, because they are, after all, NOT God, but only human.