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Posted on Nov 27, 2007
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair reveals why he kept a lid on his “profound” religious faith while in office: “You talk about [faith] in our system and, frankly, people do think you’re a nutter.”

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By thomas billis, December 3, 2007 at 5:38 am #
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I love the arguement if you are an atheist you must believe in Stalin or Mao.Stalin and Mao were trying to get rid of another power center in their respective countries.It did not have to be religion it would have been anything other than Communism that had sway over the people.I guess if you are a Christian you must support child molestation and unnecessary wars.I guess Thomas Jefferson could never be President today.Being a deist I guess as a non Christian we would throw him out.

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By RAE, December 2, 2007 at 2:17 am #

“Rae’s comments are typical liberal nonsense. He would rather see Stalin, Mao or Idi Amin running Britain than Tony Blair.”

Oh, really, Contrarian? Which part of NO EVIDENCE do you dispute? Which part of having ABSOLUTELY NO PROOF THAT A SUPERNATURAL DIETY EXISTS is “liberal nonsense?”

You provide me with LEGITIMATE EVIDENCE to PROVE CLAIMS MADE BY CHRISTIAN OR ANY OTHER RELIGION THAT A “GOD” EXISTS and I’ll be the first in line to apologize for my ignorance and to promise to mend my ways forever more.

Till then, I hope you don’t mind if I continue to point out that your “emperor” has no clothes.

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By Contrarian, December 1, 2007 at 8:51 pm #
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Rae’s comments are typical liberal nonsense. He would rather see Stalin, Mao or Idi Amin running Britain than Tony Blair.

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By 1drees, November 30, 2007 at 1:44 pm #
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WEll, he certainly did not say anything about religion to keep himself from being declared a nutter but anyone who has been watching his actions certainly knows that he is not and never was a “NUTTER” but his actions do indicate that he is a WARMONGER AND A WARCRIMINAL and its only due to his ZIONIST MASTERS that he was able to secure another job and that too with the UN and as a problem solver for the middle east although given his recent past record he should work as a BUTCHER in his local Abbatoir.

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By 1drees, November 30, 2007 at 4:21 am #
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Well he didnt exhibit his Religion to be declared a nutter but all his WARRIOR actions do declare him to be a WARCRIMINAL and much much worse.
So GOOD GOING TONY, you been penny wise and pound foolish
And lucky for you that your ZIONIST masters were still able to secure a job for you to continue onward your project of human destruction unfettered.
Who knows maybe when GWB is through with his tenure he might be appointed as United Nation’s High Commissioner for IRAQI refugees.

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By cyrena, November 29, 2007 at 8:16 am #

#116508 by writeon


...“Personally I think Blair is delusional and has been “possessed” by demon, which has whispered lies in his ears and led him way astray. The church has always been wary of people who profess to hear voices that guide their actions in the temporal world. Blair needs a sharp dose of old scholl exorcorcism, carried out in the “we don’t torture” dungeon, and then perhaps a side-order of martyrdom would be appropriate, sacrificing his body in order to save his eternal soul!”...

writeon,

Great post!!! Especially this last part. Could we get a discount and just do him and georgie boy at the same time in the ‘we don’t torture’ dungeon? Kind of like a 2-for-1? Save the really big event for Cheney?

Meantime, I’ve been thinking that we need a new rule for ALL politicians. We’ll only hire atheists from now on. We’ll make ‘em swear a loyalty to atheism, and even give ‘em some exams and/or other diagnostics, to make sure they aren’t hiding any religiosity, like Blair obviously did.

Now this isn’t to suggest that the MAJORITY of the populace can’t still be just as religious as they wanna be. We just can’t allow any of our politicians to be.

The more I think about it, the more that seems like a plan. Only atheists need apply. They’re supposed to be working for US, not God.

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By Dr. Knowitall, PhD, PhD, November 28, 2007 at 9:02 pm #

We can easily see the hypocrisy.  But few can, and therein lies the problem. If you’re ungodly in this country, you’re chopped liver.  Mark Twain, my idol, said (and I hate quoting sages) “when you’re on the side of the majority, it’s time to reform.”  Because I love Twain, I reformed a long time ago.  Come with me to the DARK SIDE.

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By thomas billis, November 28, 2007 at 8:01 pm #
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The reason the sane people in England think you are a nutter is because they realize running Government has nothing to do wiith the Bible.England is based on precedence and we are based on the Cnstitution.Not the Bible.When policy is based on the Bible look at the mess.So now we have two reasons why Blair decided to join us in Itaq.His close ties to BP and a joint belief that government should be subjagated to the Bible.Make no mistake about it if Blair does not join in Iraq it would have been very much more difficult to go.I am not against religion but the interests of the state should be decided by law agreed upon not the beliefs of a few.To think that those 4000 kids we sacrificed for this foolishness would be getting ready to celebrate Christmas or whatever other holiday with their families brings a tear to my eye.My thoughts will be with their families.

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By david, November 28, 2007 at 7:09 pm #
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So Tony, what part of the Bible deals with waging agressive war against a nation that has done nothing to you?  Could you site the commandment that says killing innocent men, women and children is ok if it’s for ‘nation security’?  Your religion is a crock of shit, Tony.  The only possible explaination for your not seeing that is that you are NOT religious, hell, you’re not even human by my definition.  You, my friend, are a sniveling poodle of a cowardly war criminal.  The Hague awaits, Tony.  Maybe you and Georgie can share a cell.  Buttbuddies for life.

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By gbbc, November 28, 2007 at 6:12 pm #
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This just strenghtens my belief that religion is the level on which Bush managed to pursuade Blair to join in the PNAC’s catclismic misadventure.

And the price believers and non-believers on all sides will pay….....

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By John Borowski, November 28, 2007 at 3:38 pm #
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I believe that Blair and Bush are two in the pod.

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By bachubhai, November 28, 2007 at 3:27 pm #
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That is my kind of faith. If it gets in the way of personal gain the hell with public profession of faith. That is what true Christianity is all about. Read the Bible.

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By mythbreaker, November 28, 2007 at 2:40 pm #
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frikken kids - and that’s why Canada is pretty much a class act.
Don’t let your Media get infected like ours, when Paris Hilton takes front page and Ann Coulter is the goto for invective, you’re near the tipping point.

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By QuyTran, November 28, 2007 at 1:55 pm #

Once a NUTTER, always a NUTTER !

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By RAE, November 28, 2007 at 1:50 pm #

I agree with Mr. Blair that to believe in a supernatural “god” and to have “faith” that “he/she/it” is in control of the universe & everything in it tends to make sensible people think you’re a “nutter.”

To base your philosophy of life on trumped-up, organized dogma when there’s NO EVIDENCE other than emotional/hysterical assumptions to support such belief IS “NUTTY.”

Those who disagree are… NUTTY… and I sure hope they’re not in charge of my health, wealth or tightening the wheel nuts on my car! I want only people whose heads are screwed on correctly messing with those rather critical details of my daily living.

That said, at least in the USA those “believers-in-charge” are honest enough to declare their nuttiness. Mr. Blair doesn’t even have that going for him.

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By Sportin' Life, November 28, 2007 at 1:39 pm #

“You talk about [faith] in our system and, frankly, people do think you’re a nutter.”

Maybe there’s a reason for that, Tony….

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By Frikken Kids, November 28, 2007 at 12:37 pm #

I’m with niloroth.  At least living in Canada we don’t have to watch our politicians compete to show who is the most religious.

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By niloroth, November 28, 2007 at 12:12 pm #

if only it were so in the USA.  One of the first criteria for public office should be that you DON"T believe in fairy tales any more, but alas.

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By writeon, November 28, 2007 at 8:24 am #
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Thing is, Blair, is not so much an idealist, as a hypocritical cynic. He was prepared to hide his profound religious beliefs, the core of his being, in order to get political power and maintain it, and go to war.

So one has to ask; what is more important to him, political power or his profound religious beliefs? What is it about his religious beliefs that he was so afraid of sharing with the electorate? Everyone knew he was a Christian, so what? The problem was, in his own words, that he actually was a religious nutter. His cold calculation, that it was politically expedient to hide his profoundly disturbing religious views and beliefs, was spot on.

In reality he’s a very right-wing sort of Christian. He’s both authoritarian and conservative. The God he apparently professes to believe in, isn’t the Jesus of Love, that most people can get on with, but rather the desert War God, Jehovah.

If the British people had known who he really was and what he really thought, they would have wondered what his true motivations were. Would they have allowed a religious nutter to drag them into war in Iraq? Wouldn’t they have thought, George Bush a born again nutter, supported by Blair our own nutter, so that’s how it works! Everything falls into place. We’re being duped by a brace of religious nutters!

Lots of people would have thought, are these guys really mentally stable? After all they don’t really think like most of us Brits, they believe in illusions and miracles, and in the existance of another, invisible plain of existance and supernatural beings with magical powers. So it’s only a short step from there to believing and having faith in non-existant WMD,s and that broken Iraq was a threat to the whole world! All you need is faith!

Personally I think Blair is delusional and has been “possessed” by demon, which has whispered lies in his ears and led him way astray. The church has always been wary of people who profess to hear voices that guide their actions in the temporal world. Blair needs a sharp dose of old scholl exorcorcism, carried out in the “we don’t torture” dungeon, and then perhaps a side-order of martyrdom would be appropriate, sacrificing his body in order to save his eternal soul!

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