Bliar being a Nutter is nothing to do with his personal religion but everything to do with using it to justify murdering 700,000Iraqis.For that I hope he is obliged to "pray" from his cell at The Hague.
May he rot in Hell...if there is one !!!

Hamish Morrison, Inverness, SCOTLAND

It seems Tony Blair was very shy about ever mentioning his Christian beliefs during his ten years as PM for fear of being branded a 'nutter'.
You cannot separate politics from your beliefs just like you cannot sort your unbelief from politics. Militant arrogant atheistic/secular liberals make no apology for their continued influence on Government or our society (which is such a terrible mess) neither are the Guardian or the so called Independent slow or shy in reporting their frequent atheistic/secular militant liberal views; taking every opportunity to ridicule Christian beliefs and moral values.
So why should Christians who are in politics be shy in expressing their beliefs? Just because it's not in vogue? The brave man or woman of faith needs to be bold and stand and be counted and not be bullied by the trendy liberals. But sadly, despite Blair's claims to the Christian faith, he didn't do that in his time as PM.

Simon Icke, AYLESBURY, UK

"Does anyone else find it amazing that merely attending a church every Sunday seems to qualify as religious fanaticism?" -- LeftRightWrong

It's not what you say, it's what you do. Look at their actions. Count the deaths caused by Bush and Blairs middle east wars. Heck they even gave Israel the green light to kill over one thousand people in Lebanon.

Mohammed, London, UK

I have in the course of a longish life met many Spiritual people, of many faiths I have always been struck these people's Compassion and Honesty about their faith. Few have been able to turn their spirituality on and off as Mr Blair does.
Mr Blair's Courage of his Convictions seems to have failed him, except when he was with Mr Bush.

Howard, Basildon, England

Terrorists are so called because they seek to cause terror by, for example, planting bombs in market places or enabling and committing suicide bombing attacks on buses and trains causing massive loss of life and limb not because they might stand in front of a mosque or other place or symbol of worship when having their phot taken.
The reason Blaire's aide sought to keep the cross out of an Easter picture is only a sympton of Labour's desire to not cause offence to or alienate minorities by neuroically avoiding the mildest suggestion that somehow Christianity is a massive part of British culture in that it played an enormous part in the evolotution of our society for the better, shaping the very freedoms and expressions of equality and democracy that we all enjoy today.

glyn Reed, London,

Does anyone else find it amazing that merely attending a church every Sunday seems to qualify as religious fanaticism? I think this says more about how irreligious/anti-religious society has become over the past few generations than it does about Blair. The real nutters are the intolerant people who seem to be open to every culture and every society except traditional Christianity.

LeftRightWrong, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Again a remarkable lack of judgement from Blair. In his role as peace negotiator for the Middle East his "coming out" as a Catholic must really impress the Muslims he is dealing with. Has he got a ittle crusader kit in his wardrobe?

Kevincumbria, Penrith, Cumbria

Many of us always did think Tony Blair was a religious "nutter" - to use his own description.

Neil, Gloucestershire, England

It makes one hope that there is a hell so the guilty may be punished for using religion to kill."

There is not the slightest evidence that Blair used his religion as a reason behind the bombing of Afghanistan or the invasion of Iraq. The first was because Afghanistan was a failed state harbouring the Taliban and the second was because Saddam broke the terms of the 1991 cease-fire and the patience of the international community eventually ran out and finished the job.

Tony Blair did say that God would judge him - which is a standard belief in most religions. He never claimed to have been on any sort of religious crusade but obviously believes (and I would hope he does) that his actions were the right ones. I have no doubt that he is sincere and acted with integrity. Whether he was right is another question entirely - perhaps one day the true fate of Saddam's WMD will be known and Blair's critics will have to eat their words. We haven't found them - that's all.

andrew holden, oxford, uk

What happened to Christian Principles then?

Lord make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred let me sow love.

Invading two country's that haven't even threatened you seems a bit much.

It makes one hope that there is a hell so the guilty may be punished for using religion to kill.

Howard, Basildon, England

"Policy aides, however, were keen to hide Blair's religious fervour. He was told to leave out the phrase "God bless you" at the end of a speech on the eve of hostilities in Iraq, and one aide even went as far as trying to ensure that Blair was not photographed next to a cross during an Easter procession."

The difference between Islamic extremism and Christian extremism. Christians try to hide it whereas Islamists don't?

Could it be to stop people using the term "Christian terrorist", but "Islamic terrorist" can be commonly used by the media ?

Mohammed, London, UK