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Blair has shied away from such touchy matters ever since. I asked him in late 2001 if he drew a connection between his religious beliefs and his belief in humanitarian intervention. Blair became uncharacteristically inarticulate: "I mean, you believe what you believe in, but it's, I think, as far as possible, you're best to keep politics separate from your beliefs, is how I would describe it." He was much happier framing the argument in moral terms: "I think we should always act from a morally coherent viewpoint," he said, "as well as for simply practical reasons."

It is Blair's moral view that helps explain what some people saw as his strange-bedfellows alliance with President George W. Bush. Their views on Saddam Hussein and the international terror threat reflected a shared faith in the righteousness of confronting evil, a conviction rooted in their Christianity.

According to The Tablet, Blair is expected to be received in the coming weeks by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor in his private chapel at Archbishop's House. Catherine Pepinster, editor of The Tablet, told the London Times, "The cardinal's involvement, as if he were Mr. Blair's parish priest, would suggest that the process of conversion did in fact begin during his tenure of No. 10 [Downing Street]." A spokesman for the cardinal said, "It is inappropriate for the cardinal to comment on an individual's faith journey. It is a private and personal issue."

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  • Posted By: YESHUAZ GIRL @ 12/13/2007 2:58:40 PM

    EXCUSE ME, BUT MY GOD THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS WILL FORGIVE ALL SINS IF THAT PERSON IS TRULY REPENTANT AND SORRY FOR WHAT HE OR SHE HAS DONE. THAT IS GOD. THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE GOD OF ALL CREATION. REPENTANCE IS A GIFT FROM GOD THROUGH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE JESUS CHRIST YOU DO NOT HAVE GOD NOR ETERNAL LIFE.
    JESUS PAID THE PRICE FOR ALL EVEN TONY BLAIR.MY TONY COME TO THE CROSS OF JESUS AND RECEIVE HIM AS HIS LORD AND SAVIOR...AMEN.
    LORI...............GOD WILL HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL TOO FOR SAYING THAT HE WOULD NOT FORGIVE SOMEONE.....IF YOU ASK HIM TOO FORGIVE YOU

  • Posted By: YESHUAZ GIRL @ 12/13/2007 2:52:44 PM

    TONY, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR DOING. ASK GOD HIMSELF TO LEAD YOU. TRUST IN HIM. I HAVE READ THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH THINKS THEY ARE JESUS CHRIST. IT IS THEIR TRANSCRIPTS I READ ONLINE. THERE BELIEF IS DIFFERENT FROM THE WORD OF GOD(BIBLE). I DO PRAY TONY THAT YOU WILL YIELD TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AND DO WHAT HE LEAD YOU TOO. NOT SOMEONE ELSE. DONT FALL PREY TONY.....PRAY.
    WITH LOVE FOR YOU TONY,
    LORI

  • Posted By: YESHUAZ GIRL @ 12/13/2007 2:48:45 PM

    TONY...THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR DOING.
    PRAY ABOUT WHAT YOUR DOING. JUST BELIEVE , PUT YOUR TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.
    I HAVE READ THAT THA CATHOLIC CHURCH BELIEVES THAT THAY ARE JESUS CHRIST. IT IS ONLY WHAT I READ IN THEIR TRANSCRIPTS.
    READ THE BIBLE TONY. FAITH COMES BY HEARING THE WORD OF GOD. READ IT YOURSELF.
    MY THE HOLY SPIRIT LEAD YOU AND GUIDE YOU TONY.
    LORI

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