Hattix

Hot on the news that Tony Blair hid his strong religious views while Prime Minister for fear of appearing a lunatic (which one would agree with, those who hear voices in their head telling them what to do tend to be, regardless of whether those voices pretend to be gods or not) is him now claiming that faith should have a stronger role in politics.

What?

Every single time any form of religion has got involved in politics, it has resulted in widescale repression, oppression and curtailment of freedom. In something as serious as running the bloody country, we need calm rational minds, not the irrational gibbering of someone hearing voices in his head from a ghost in the sky.

 Politics should be, indeed must be, secular. Is a Jew going to vote for a Muslim? Is a Muslim going to vote for a Christian? No, but all three would vote for a secular leader who isn’t going to favour either of the other two. Politicians should concentrate on the business of running the country not on the business of playing favourites with faith.

 Blair makes the hilariously misguided statement that “the world will be immeasurably poorer, more dangerous, more fragile and above all, more aimless - I mean without the necessary sense of purpose to help guide its journey - if it is without a strong spiritual dimension” and then somehow, I’m not at all sure how, equates this with requiring religion in politics. Is spirituality necessary for a sense of purpose? Mr. Blair seems to think so, he seems to think that it’d be “aimless” and “without a sense of purpose”. One would think a former British Prime Minister would choose his words better than to outright state that several million Buddhists, Atheists and non-practitioners are “aimless”. Once again, religion is a divisive force stirring only hatred and intolerance.

 Faith must not be tolerated in politics. It is favouritism, it’s immoral and downright wrong for a government.