http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1725799,00.html Comment God: I've lost
faith in Blair
A high-level leak has revealed that
God is "furious" at Tony Blair's attempts to implicate him in the
bombing of Mr Blair went public about God on Michael Parkinson's
TV show. "If you have faith about these things," he said, "then
you realise that judgment is made by other people. If you believe in God, it's
made by God as well." As is customary with Mr Blair's statements, it's
rather hard to tease out what he is actually saying; but the gist is clearly
that if God didn't actually tell him to bomb "If Tony Blair thinks his friendship
with George W Bush is worth rubbing out a couple of hundred thousand Iraqi men,
women and children, then that's something he can talk over with me later,"
said God. "But when he starts publicly claiming that's the way I do the
arithmetic too, it's time I put my foot down!" It is well known that God
has a very big foot. A source says Gabriel has spent days
trying to dissuade the Almighty from loosing a plague of toads upon the Blair family.
Gabriel reminded God that Cherie and the children had nothing to do with Tony's
decisions. God's response, it is reliably reported, was: "Blair says the
Iraqis are lucky to have got bombed, so how can he complain if his family gets
a few toads in the bath?" The archangel is said to be ticked off
with God's ability to provide glib answers without even thinking. What has particularly incensed the
Almighty is that Mr Blair made the claim on the Parkinson show. "If he'd
done it on Richard and Judy I could have forgiven a lot," He is reported
to have said. The archangel reported that the Almighty
has become increasingly irritated with the vogue for politicians to claim that
He is behind their policies - especially if these involve killing large numbers
of humans. According to Gabriel, God spake these words: "That George W
Bush once had the nerve to say: 'God told me to go end the tyranny in "How do Bush and Blair think it
makes me look to all those parents who have lost sons and daughters in this
grubby business? Don't they know that the Muslims they're taking out worship
the same Me that they do? It's a public relations disaster that ought to set
Christianity back hundreds of years. Though knowing the fundamentalists, it'll
probably have the reverse effect." The archangel further revealed that he
had been advised by no less a person than Alastair Campbell to warn God to keep
out of politics. "But it's hard to get God to do anything He doesn't want
to," sighed the archangel. "It's all to do with what He calls 'free
will', though a lot of us have a problem working that one out, since He's
omnipotent and omniscient." God, the archangel says, is also
disturbed by Mr Blair's remark that while religious beliefs might colour his
politics, "it's best not to take it too far". "How would he like it if I went
round claiming that he gave me his full backing when I sent the tsunami last
year?" · Terry Jones is a film director, actor and Python *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest".
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