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英國《每日電訊報》二日報道：英國聖公會領導人坎特伯雷大主教羅恩．威廉斯星期日在該報撰文說，亞洲海嘯災難應使所有基督教徒質疑上帝的存在。作為英國聖公會的領導人，威廉斯代表了世界各地七千萬英國聖公會教徒。
他在一篇極具個人色彩而且十分坦率的文章中說，如果宗教信仰未被這場已導致超過十五萬人死亡的災難所深深「困擾」，那就「大有問題」。
他承認，祈禱沒有帶來「神奇的解決辦法」，基督教對大多數人類苦難的回答，「在讓我們面對一周中所見難以忍受的悲傷上幫助不大」。
「每一個隨便、意外的死亡事件，都為束縛在舒適和現成答案之中的信仰帶來困擾。面對這種癱瘓性的大規模災難，我們自然會深感憤慨—也更深感無助」。
「因此，『你怎能相信一個允許發生如此程度的苦難的上帝』這個問題，就顯得非常迫切，如果不是迫切，那才怪呢—事實上，如果不迫切，反而是有問題的。」
威廉斯最後說，在面臨對他們的信仰如此可怕的挑戰時，基督徒必須集中於「熱情接觸那些活著的人」。
Archbishop of Canterbury admits: This makes me doubt the existence of God
By Chris Hastings, Patrick Hennessy and Sean Rayment
(Filed: 02/01/2005)The Asian tsunami disaster should make all Christians question the existence of God, Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, writes in The Telegraph today.
In a deeply personal and candid article, he says \”it would be wrong\” if faith were not \”upset\” by the catastrophe which has already claimed more than 150,000 lives.
Dr Rowan Williams: Prayer provides no \’magical solutions\’Prayer, he admits, provides no \”magical solutions\” and most of the stock Christian answers to human suffering do not \”go very far in helping us, one week on, with the intolerable grief and devastation in front of us\”.
Dr Williams, who, as head of the Church of England, represents 70 million Anglicans around the world, writes: \”Every single random, accidental death is something that should upset a faith bound up in comfort and ready answers. Faced with the paralysing magnitude of a disaster like this, we naturally feel more deeply outraged – and also more deeply helpless.\”
He adds: \”The question, \’How can you believe in a God who permits suffering on this scale?\’ is therefore very much around at the moment, and it would be surprising if it weren\’t – indeed it would be wrong if it weren\’t.\”
Dr Williams concludes that, faced with such a terrible challenge to their faith, Christians must focus on \”passionate engagement with the lives that are left\”.
His comments came as Tony Blair finally broke his silence on the tragedy, branding it a \”global catastrophe\” that would take the world \”years\” to deal with. The Prime Minister, who has faced criticism for not cutting short a family holiday in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh, also insisted that the United Nations should lead the international aid effort. He praised the \”extraordinary generosity\” of the British people, whose <font color=\”blue\”>donations topped
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