Sandy - “... To unleash a thunderbolt at the chair when Jenkins spouted his heresy shows that God might even have a sense of humour...”
Correct me if I'm wrong here but are you suggesting that the lightening strike happened whilst Jenkins was actually giving one of his sermons? If so, you are misinformed. York Minster was stuck in the early hours of 9th July 1984. The alarm was raised at approximately two o'clock in the morning – no one was in the church at the time.
You then state, “... we shouldn't anthropomorphise him [God]...”. But the Catholic church and the Bible do this constantly. It specifically states in Genesis 1:27 that, “... So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them...”. That is an overt example of anthropomorphism, sanctioned and approved by the Christian faith.
You further state, “... if we are made in Gods image he certainly isn't made in ours.”. Have you read George Orwell's novel, '1984'? If not, you should as this statement is a wonderful example of 'doublethink'. A word that defines a state of mind whereby you can hold two contradictory statements and believe both of them to be absolutely true.
If God made man in His own image then by definition, mankind resembles God. To then suggest that He does not resemble man is a perversion of logic and hence, 'doublethink'.