Then there is the priest: God Himself is obliged to abide by the judgment of His priest, and either not to pardon or to pardon, according as they refuse or give absolution… The sentence of the priest precedes, and God subscribes to it.” – Dignity and Duties of the Priest, St. Alphonsus Ligouri, Vol. 12, p. 2.
http://www.archive.org/stream/alphonsusworks12liguuoft/alphonsusworks12liguuoft_djvu.txt
God is obliged to follow the whims of mere sinful, easily corruptible man.
Imagine that.
And Catholics wonder why people don't take them or their religion seriously.
1 John 1:9 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. -John 20:23 (KJV)
This would be much easier if you didn't treat the Bible like a tray of hor' dourves.