Poll – Is It OK For Prime Minister To ‘Do God’ In Public
The Guardian has asked the question, following David Cameron’s Easter reception, where even devout Christian, Tony Blair, wouldn’t do this…did God.
He quoted the Book of Luke and spoke of a ‘Christian Fightback and so The Guardian has asked the question: Is it OK for a Prime Minister to ‘Do God’ in public?
Now I’m actually torn on this one, I would rather the Prime Minister stick to his duties in a secular fashion not praising a non-existent sky-fairy, but with these pronoucements we now can confirm he is a deluded man who does not care about reality….
By the way this poll closes in 2 days from time of writing….
Atheist is Prime Minister
May 16, 2010 by Rupert Young
Filed under News
Well, almost. The Deputy PM, Nick Clegg, has stated in the past that he does not believe in God. Now I am wondering if our system is the same as in the US, in that if the PM is assassinated (don’t get any ideas) does the deputy take over?
However, although the actual PM, David Cameron, does appear to be religious, he fortunately does not seem to be particularly devout, and has said, ‘I’ve a sort of fairly classic Church of England faith, a faith that grows hotter and colder by moments’.
Like most UK politicians he is somewhat ambiguous and evasive about his approach to religion saying, ‘I do think that organized religion can get things wrong, but the Church of England and the other churches do play a very important role in society. I think that it’s perfectly possible to live a good life without having faith, by which I mean a positive and altruistic life, but I think the teachings of Jesus, just as the teachings of other religions, are a good guide to help us through.’
It is also an improvement on the two previous PMs, especially Tony Bliar whose press secretary Alastair Campbell once said the prime minister ‘didn’t do God’. But as soon as he stood down converted to Roman Catholicism and then set up his own ‘Faith’ Foundation.
As a Liberal Democrat/anyone-as-long-as-they’re-not-tory voter the current coalition seems like a weird dream or alternate universe worthy of Star Trek, but perhaps Liberal Democrat involvement will temper the excesses of the, traditionally Christian, Conservatives. At least they’re talking to each other instead of constantly bickering and squabbling like children. Good luck to them; as long as they keep religion out of politics!