Tony Blair talks about his Philanthropic efforts
I have been reading the latest news from Tony Blair’s so called ‘faith foundation’ and was interested in this first paragraph:-
On Monday June 22nd,Tony Blair took part in The Business of Giving Series at 92 Y in New York. This series is hosted by Matthew Bishop, New York Bureau Chief of The Economist and author of Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World and features leading philanthropists talking about their efforts to try and make the world a better place.
‘How the rich can save the world’, mmm, I’m sorry but wasn’t it the rich that were ruining the world, in terms of the environment, oppression of the poor etc? But why should we stop them having a self congratulatory back slap while they inform us (and themselves) about their efforts to make the world a better place and ease their stricken conscience?
I tell you what, I am so glad that I am relying on Jesus to save the world, because if I had to rely on Tony Blair, his wealthy cronies (religious or otherwise) and the ‘faith foundation’ I would be rather depressed frankly.
The crux of the problem of course, is that his ‘faith foundation’ doesn’t actually seem to be anything to do with the God of any ‘faith’, but more about man and what man can achieve. Sorry…didn’t man cause all of the problems anyway…then why should we trust man to fix them all? Man cannot rule himself aside from God, just turn on your news channel to witness that fact.
The Tony Blair Faith Foundation is setting out to achieve greater interfaith understanding through practical programmes: by encouraging different faiths to work together to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals, with an initial focus on malaria; to increase religious literacy by connecting classrooms across the world; and by nurturing a deeper intellectual understanding of the dynamics of faith and globalization.
Doesn’t it all sound wonderful, but beware the man. He is hijacking emotive and sad issues like Malaria to promote an insidious and dangerous anti-faith ideology…don’t be conned by him and his smooth words, he is looking for a ‘global religion’ which can be manipulated for political purposes:-
Please see previous posts on the subject of Tony Blair to gain further insight:-
Tony Blair and Barack Obama, angels or demons
Tony Blair is not someone worthy to trust on religious matters
Cardinal will not join Tony Blair Faith Foundation
Perhaps a more appropriate title for his charity could be ‘Faith in rich and powerful men foundation’?
Tags: Christianity, Church Life