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I never imagined anything a pope would say might resonate with me.

"VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI, carrying a tall, lit candle, ushered in Christianity's most joyous celebration with an Easter vigil service Saturday night, but voiced fears that mankind is groping in darkness, unable to distinguish good from evil.

Easter for Christians commemorates Christ's triumph over death with his resurrection following his crucifixion.

"Life is stronger than death. Good is stronger than evil. Love is stronger than hate. Truth is stronger than lies," Benedict, wearing white robes in a symbol of new life, told the faithful in a packed St. Peter's Basilica.

Still, Benedict worried in his homily: "The darkness that poses a real threat to mankind, after all, is the fact that he can see and investigate tangible material things, but cannot see where the world is going or whence it comes, where our own life is going, what is good and what is evil."

"The darkness enshrouding God and obscuring values is the real threat to our existence and to the world in general," the pope said.

"If God and moral values, the difference between good and evil, remain in darkness, then all other 'lights,' that put such incredible technical feats within our reach, are not only progress but also dangers that put us and the world at risk," Benedict added.
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Benedict, who has made protection of the environment a theme of his papacy, made a reference to urban pollution in his homily. "Today we can illuminate our cities so brightly that the stars in the sky are no longer visible," he said. "Is this not an image of the problems caused by our version of enlightenment?"

"With regard to material things, our knowledge and our technical accomplishments are legion, but what reaches beyond, the things of God and the question of good, we can no longer identify," Benedict added, saying that faith was the "true enlightenment.""

I sometimes worry that I should let the dead stay buried and let everyone think they're geniuses and our ancestors were silly bumpkins. Hell, there's one woman who thinks there's a covenant between man and God to make this stay buried and I'm the anti-christ. (In reality the anti-christ is probably an attorney in AZ).

It does seem to me that the truth is the light. It's not a light that obscures the stars but a light that shows the creation of the Gods. It illuminates the face of the Gods and cheers the face of men. The light isn't to discourage highwaymen but to encourage people and to encourage them to do the right thing and pursue human objectives while living in balance with nature, themselves, and each other.

The forces of darkness are stronger than ever because many of the people who have been entrusted with our future no longer have everyone's best interests at heart but only their own. False lights and bright paint are everywhere to trap the unwary and lead anyone astray.

I pray that Pope Benedict XVI is correct on all counts. I pray that he still feels this way no matter what happens or what gets resurrected.

http://news.yahoo.com/pope-holds-easter-...34985.html