you may think it went off the track but not Catholics -
you know you can go to confession too to a priest even though you are protestant - try it - especially face to face-
you don’t know what you are missing until you try it.
AMDG
LS98,
I was a Catholic before I entrusted myself to Christ alone for salvation. As a former alter boy, I do know quite a bit firsthand and much more as an adult through studying Church History in seminary.
Catholics cannot think it went off track any more than they can any of the other false teachings. It is all they know and they must agree in this system or leave.
Still, in the end, God commanded believers to confess their sins to one another. To not do so is to ignore His command and miss the blessing of following it.
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Confession isn't face to face. It's in confessionals, with the priest sitting in one section and the person confessing in another and they are separated by a screen with a little slidey window to keep you from hearing what he's saying to the person on his other side while you're waiting your turn.
You can barely make out the form of the priest through the screen.
But it sure isn't face to face.
What would be better would be to confess to the person wronged and ask THEIR forgiveness face to face for real.