Rudyard Griffiths

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3,754 appearances 38 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 3d ago

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The Munk Debates Podcast · Be it resolved, religion is a force for good in the world · 31 Aug 2026 podcast

Well I see Christopher uh writing furiously, so I'm gonna ask him to come back uh on that point.

Well, uh it's it's a question that was debated for you, Christopher, on uh monkdebates dot com in the lead up uh to this evening.

Uh on our discussion board, many peop many people saying that religion provides a sense of community.

Uh in a in modern societies where

uh immersed in a consumer culture, uh more often than not living alongside fellow citizens who are more maybe self directed than other directed.

What do you say about the the the the pure community function of religion?

Isn't that a public good, a valid public good of religious belief?

Tony, would you like to come back on that topic of religion and community or move on to uh another question?

Um also on our our website uh big discussion around the topic of uh religion and its role in the invasion of Iraq.

And Mr.

Blair, the the question is for you, and it's about something uh that many people posted about something you said once about the interplay of religion and politics.

And to quote quote you directly, you said what faith can do is not tell you what is right, but give you the strength to do it.

Yeah.

The question being, what role did faith play in your most important decision as Prime Minister?

The invasion of Iraq?

So Christopher, the natural follow-on question to you is how did you square the circle, or maybe you didn't, between your support for the Iraq war and let's say the current then President uh George W.

Bush and his very public evocation of faith uh in terms of his rhetoric uh around the invasion?

Well I want to be conscious of our time and go to our two uh final on stage uh questions and I believe uh the first one is for uh Mr.

Blair, uh student at the Monks School of Uh Global Affairs.

Introduce yourself and uh ask your question to Mr.

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