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to: J Young
from: Smiler
date: 2007-03-22 01:15:44
subject: Re: Conversion overcomes evil, shields people, society from ruin, pope

From: "Smiler" 


"J Young"  wrote in message
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> His Holiness is a wise and decent man. All should pay heed to his words.
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> http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=23344
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> VATICAN CITY (Catholic Online) - Accept Christ's call to conversion as the
> only effective way to confront and overcome evil, Pope Benedict XVI urged
> Catholics in his third Angelus address of the Lenten season.
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> In March 11 remarks, delivered before the recitation of the midday Angelus
> to thousands of pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter's Square here, Pope
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> "People and societies that live without questioning themselves have ruin
> as their only final end," Pope Benedict said.

I almost agee with that.
He's spelled 'the existence of god' as 'themselves'.

> "It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness,"
he concluded.

I almost agree with that too.

"It is better to light the candle of atheism than to curse the
darkness of religion."
There, that's better.

Smiler,
The godless one

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