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 effectOriginally Posted by paborn
It must be a great comfort to you.
point is that my God is not a hateful vengeful one, who said I wasnt being sincere. A vengeful one would not provide the "out" that we good Catholics have. However I must say if all religions were true...then Id go fot Buddhism...only because of the whole reincarnation thing.
Latin, I'm sorry but there is a marked difference between the "vengeful" God of the old testiment and the gentle message of Jesus. Having said that, I do find it disconcerting that Jesus had to die for an omniscient God ( who he was/is a manifestation of in the trinity ) to grant forgiveness to his people. Also, I don't doubt your sincerity but Frequent is right. In canon law if you view confession as an "out" then the effect is negated. It is not meant as a salve to the concious but an act of contrition and repentence. In fact, the reason that the Catholic church relies on Church teachings rather than bible quatations is to separate the Church from the terrible image of the bronze age Jewish tyrant.
Wow, I go off topic as well, don't I? The OP did ask about Bhuddism.
...damn...stumped again
Oh dear Paborn, get a grip!! This is 'LatinAPoxxOnYouAll' your talking about after all. Or are you? If so, HUGE mistake."... Also, I don't doubt your sincerity ..."
You must know that by now, shirley.
Just another reason why I love living in Thailand
frequent (June 22nd, 2018)
I have to echo Smiles - you really have to get a grip Paborn!
First you say you thought Arsenal was "reasonable" and now you say you thought LatintopXXX was "sincere" - I hope you disabuse yourself of these crazy notions as soon as possible!
frequent (June 22nd, 2018)
Simply trying to not take any sides at all. I no more doubt that Latin's Catholicism is sincere than Aresanel is reasonable and now that I understand what caused our disagreement I heartily retrack my remark about your status as a gentleman. I'm going to try very hard to be polite to everyone.
scottish-guy (June 22nd, 2018)
That's always been my motto
I assumed paborn was being ironic. He thinks latintopxxx as sincere as arsenal is reasonable ie. he thinks the opposite - latin is insincere and arsenal unreasonable
I have to agree. I am not reasonable, Latin is not sincere, Scottish Guy is not sane and frequent is none of the above.
paborn (June 22nd, 2018)
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