my Catholic God...is not a hateful one...we got a good out..called confession...I could kill a busload of pregnant nuns and get forgiven...you must be thinking of presbeterians or some other north irish super uptight no fun wanna be christans.
my Catholic God...is not a hateful one...we got a good out..called confession...I could kill a busload of pregnant nuns and get forgiven...you must be thinking of presbeterians or some other north irish super uptight no fun wanna be christans.
[QUOTE=latintopxxx;243782]my Catholic God...is not a hateful one...we got a good out..called confession...
It must be a great comfort to you.
arsenal (June 21st, 2018)
My understanding is that a necessary precondition of confession is repentance - the sincere intention not to repeat the action. To describe confession as "a good out" is therefore a contradiction of its purpose and according to my Catholic friends means the confession and absolution has no effect