Rowan Atkinson is unlike most comedians. Comedians are funny first and base their acting on their humor only. Rowan, on the other hand, was a great actor who happened to be good at making people laugh. This video is perfect evidence of this.
it's an interesting bit of film from an atheist. Rowan has done many sketches dealing with religion and rarely does he say or do anything overtly mean about it. He will mock religion and clerics etc. but never in a cruel way.
The problem with saying that "God's ways are mysterious." is that you can say that with anything. Pray to a plastic bag and if you don't get what you want, the plastic bag is just being mysterious.
Just goes to show the man has the best acting chops. A lot of his personal opinions fly in the face of Anglicanism, yet he can pull off playing what appears to be an inspired vicar. This is why he's such a treasure.
"To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right, that is a freedom. The freedom to criticize ideas, any ideas - even if they are sincerely held beliefs - is one of the fundamental freedoms of society."
Had he not chosen comedy, he would have still been regarded as such an amazing actor. His expressions and the way in which he's able to convey emotions is just otherworldly. He is truly magnificent. I wish I could see a movie of his in which he has to play a more dramatic role
