Posted on 04/14/2018 9:22:38 PM PDT by CharlesOConnell
Coercive thought reform practicing political groups, like the Communist Party USA as described in Bella Dodd's School of Darkness, can be thought of as cults. It's especially applicable considering the Stalinist Purge Trials in which disgraced party officials confessed to imaginary crimes, prior to execution.
The cult-like political forces that are trying to force Catholic priests in Australia to give up the seal of confession, are perfectly capable of using secrets revealed in confession for political blackmail.
Video by Margaret Thaler Singer, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and emeritus adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who counseled and interviewed more than 3,000 current and former cult members, relatives and friends. What is a Cult and How Does it Work? What are cults?
https://youtu.be/8bRBFhMEQFk?t=40m49s
Old behavior and attitudes are a good thing.
The solution is for Catholics to do their confession at a non local church where the priest does not know their names.
The better solution is to confess from behind a screen and not face-to-face.
Would have to do both. In a small parish a priest can often tell who you are by voice.
The evil planets are really aligning, aren’t they?
That First Amendment thingy was a pretty good idea after all, eh?
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