The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby (L) listens to Ayatollah Sayed Fazel Milani during a vigil outside Westminster Abbey in central London September 3, 2014.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby (L) listens to Ayatollah Sayed Fazel Milani during a vigil outside Westminster Abbey in central London September 3, 2014. Religious leaders attended the vigil to unite against human rights violations in Iraq. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Does God exist? Where is he then? Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, Britain's seniormost in the Church admitted that "global injustices have made him question the existence of God," according to rt.com. He was addressing a small public audience in Bristol on Wednesday, but the statement quickly became viral. He said that he "'frequently asked" whether God truly existed, and if "he should be doing something" about difficult situations.

A BBC reporter asked him whether he doubted his belief, and the Archbishop confessed that he did question Christianity at times. "Yes. I do. In lots of different ways really. It's a very good question. That means I've got to think about what I'm going to say. Yes I do," he said.

Welby is the representative of over 80 million Anglican Christians. Yet he is the one who is questioning God "...isn't it about time you did something, if you're there?"

What has worried many sections of society is that his comments were made even as the Christian world seems to be facing some decline. UK's last census poll in 2011 said that the Christian has fallen by 4.1 million people, which is a reduction by more 10 percent. On the other hand, there is a huge drive in the numbers aligned to the Muslim beliefs, especially among the youth. The census found that one in ten people called themselves on the side of the Islamic faith.

Welby's self introspection was sparked when he had been at Lambeth Palace, where the Archbishop and his staff are based. So was he giving up his faith then? Welby brushed the question aside.

Strangely, the very next statements were totally in contravention to his earlier statements. He said that Christians are unable to explain the problem of suffering, but yet God is present in "both good and bad times."

"It is not about feelings, it is about the fact that God is faithful and the extraordinary thing about being a Christian is that God is faithful when we are not," he said. When life gets challenging, he affirmed that "I keep going and call to Jesus to help me, and he picks me up."

Welby's lack of faith seems to be his challenge at present, with his contradictory statements revealing his uncertainty.