Tony Blair is a Christian! Good God!!!

Tony Blair struggled with his conscience before making the decision to send the troops to Iraq. That's off-putting enough, but that he actually allows his Christian faith to help shape his conscience is shocking. And, that he presumes that ultimately he'll be judged by God and not by us is simply outrageous. It'll be a cold day in hell before we allow that to happen.

That's how it sounds to me. I watched Blair on Parkinson last night after reading/hearing all the upset about his comments on the Iraq war and his references to God. {This seems like a faithful representation of what I remember him saying.} There's nothing even vaguely surprising in what he said.

Note how the BBC reported this before the show aired last night.

Prime Minister Tony Blair has told how he prayed to God when deciding whether or not to send UK troops to Iraq. Mr Blair answered "yes" when asked on ITV1 chat show Parkinson - to be screened on Saturday - if he had sought holy intervention on the issue.

The BBC's report makes it sound like Blair asked God to decide the war, but that's now what I heard and I haven't been able to find any reference to such a direct appeal to God. Blair indicated that he prays for wisdom and for help making important decisions. Is this wrong?

The way these comments have been distorted and reported is more evidence of the secularist fundamentalism that prevails in large sections of the media. 'Believers need not apply' is how many in the media want all aspects of public life.