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bklyncowgirl

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8. I too left the Catholic Church long ago but as uncomfortable as it was confession served a purpose.

Reply to ScreamingMeemie (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 2, 2015, 10:04 AM

Dec 2015

Our priests always said "go forth and sin no" more after handing down the penance. Maybe it was a local rule. Of course I was just a kid so my sins were pretty minor.

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And the reason for this is not complicated malaise Dec 2015 #1

I believe the mentality is that it's less of a sin if it "just happened". bklyncowgirl Dec 2015 #2

There's also the part where Catholics can just "confess it all away..." ScreamingMeemie Dec 2015 #3

Yes but the priest, echoing Jesus, does tell you to "sin no more"...that should mean something. bklyncowgirl Dec 2015 #5

If he remembers. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2015 #7

I too left the Catholic Church long ago but as uncomfortable as it was confession served a purpose. bklyncowgirl Dec 2015 #8

Couldn't stand it. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2015 #9

that's always the Big Catholic Secret: there's not that big a split between Good Catholics MisterP Dec 2015 #11

K&R... spanone Dec 2015 #4

I had my daughter when I was 19. The child of Catholic parents, I did what ScreamingMeemie Dec 2015 #6

When I was in high school, the Christian kids LuvNewcastle Dec 2015 #10