Minichan

Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines president, has provoked a storm of outrage after he called the Christian god “stupid” and a “son of a bitch”.

In a televised speech Mr Duterte questioned the wisdom of the deity said to have created Adam and Eve only to see them succumb to Satan’s temptation and destroy the purity of humanity.

“Who is this stupid god? This son of a bitch is then really stupid,” he said. Mr Duterte leads a country where about nine in 10 people are Christian, and the vast majority of those Catholic.

The president of the Philippines has vowed to step down immediately if it can be proven to him that God is real through a selfie.

Rodrigo Duterte sparked outrage in his largely Roman Catholic country by saying that if just one Christian told him truthfully that they had been to heaven and had a conversation with God, he would quit.

He also attacked the Catholic Church for collecting funds from members, accusing it of using donations to "maintain the palaces and the luxurious things that the rest of humanity do not have".

“If you are really helping people, why do you ask money from them?” he asked.

Two weeks ago, the president angered believers by calling God "stupid" and "a son of a b****” and questioning certain beliefs, such as the story of creation, the concept of heaven and hell, and the last supper.

Christian groups accused him of insulting God and demanded an apology, to which he replied: “Not in a million years.”