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| gabs
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| Dear Prudence
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Asked to explain what he meant, Mr Blair replied: "If you believe in God, it's made by God as well."
That's the bit that gets me - so the decisions of anyone who believes in God are made by God and endorsed by God as well? It doesn't even make sense!
Aww poor Tony - it's just him and his conscience. If only he realised he could enlist the help of Parliament and the opinions of his electorate as well - then maybe it wouldn't be so hard to make decisions 
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| higuy
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| Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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all Blair said was what any other Christian or Catholic or probably Jew or Muslim would say.
It doesnt stop him trying to make the best and most moral decisions - no real Christian would play the "God made me do it" card |
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| gabs
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Its certainly not on the same scale as Bush
"God told me to strike at al Quaeda and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did." |
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| Corner Soul
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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Comments like this really aren't helping his 'Bush's Lapdog' status. 
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| randomspectator
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Corner Soul wrote: | | Comments like this really aren't helping his 'Bush's Lapdog' status. |
Quite! Also, to agree with Dear Prudence, Blair seems to be undermining his own understanding of what it is to be Prime Minister when he makes such comments- It doesn't rest upon his concience alone.
It also seems a rather alienating statement to make, in that he seems to be smugly saying 'if you believe the same as me, this will make sense to you, however if you don't, there's no way I can explain it.'
Citing God as a justification in such matters is rather a cop-out, I'd say.
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| Josefmcb
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| Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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wasn't he just saying that he'd be judged by god.. he's been saying "i made the decision i thought was best" for ages, now he's just expressing the fact that some people think he was wrong and some people think he was right, by admitting that it's a matter of opinion and the only absolute answer could come from god (hypothetically or actually).
there was no 'god made me do it', nor even a bush-esque 'it was god's will' cop-out.
he was still asking for it mentioning god in front of the british though.
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| theanonymousgeographer
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| Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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| I got the impression that he said it was what God told him to do. |
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| covuni2ney
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| Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| theanonymousgeographer wrote: | | I got the impression that he said it was what God told him to do. |
unfortunatly thats the impression that the media wants you to take!
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| jimmyjazz
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| Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:53 pm Post subject: tony blair |
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| tony blair IS god. fact. |
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| theanonymousgeographer
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| Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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| covuni2ney wrote: | | theanonymousgeographer wrote: | | I got the impression that he said it was what God told him to do. |
unfortunatly thats the impression that the media wants you to take! |
Someone clear this up: what exactly did he say? |
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| theanonymousgeographer
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| Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:00 pm Post subject: Re: tony blair |
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| jimmyjazz wrote: | | tony blair IS god. fact. |
Oh dear.... |
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