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I think you may be trying to anger me, but I’m going to stay cool because I refuse to give Satan the satisfaction. He loves it when good people get into conflicts with each other.

What I was trying to say is that God forgives you right away. You do not need to stew about that until you get to confession. But the fact is that often good people do stew about things until they are “officially” resolved. Or they are ok for awhile, until the remorse hits them again. So, in a sense, confession is a ritual of officially connecting back to God so that the pain of remorse doesn’t keep coming back again. Confession helps combat scrupulousness, which is the sin of not really believing in God’s loving forgiveness, so the sinner keeps dredging up the past and suffering all over again.

Also, I wasn’t trying to play a game with you or introduce a straw man to bother you. I was really trying to share my general understanding of confession and why it is beneficial. I put my heart and intellect into my response to you. I’m sorry it was not of more use to you. God bless you.

I'm sorry you think I am trying to anger you, I am not.

What I was trying to say is that God forgives you right away. You do not need to stew about that until you get to confession.

Yes that was my point also.

But the fact is that often good people do stew about things until they are “officially” resolved.

I think praying directly to Jesus with the confession of sin is about as official as you can get.

I realize that the Catholic tradition seems to call for people to get their "official" answer from the Catholic church, but Jesus sees it differently as the Bible makes quite clear.

I put my heart and intellect into my response to you.

Thanks. Sorry my referring to the strawman type comment bothered you, I just wanted to strive for clarity.

Many posters reply to something they make up, and try to make it seem that the poster was saying something he or she wasn't. I'm quite sensitive to that as it has been played on me numerous times.

And God bless you!

I refuse to give Satan the satisfaction. He loves it when good people get into conflicts with each other.

"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good--except God alone." Luke 18:19

You start out wrong you end up wrong! It seems you are giving satan satisfaction - because what you said opposes God's Word.