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To: trebb
I can picture child molesters going into a confessional to gloat rather than repent

That would be a waste of everyone's time, of course. The priest would refuse absolution and tell them to get themselves right with God before they come back.

25 posted on 01/14/2021 8:11:22 AM PST by Campion (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't they understand?)
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To: Campion

How would the priest determine if they were confessing out of a real sense of repentance or if they were secretly doing it for the pleasure of being able to tell someone else and enjoy it with impunity?

How can a priest actually absolve another person of their sins or refuse absolution? Jesus knows our hearts - do you think Jesus would go along with a priest’s decision if the priest were mistaken? Do you think a priest can be mistaken?

A priest can do many things, even deny someone the ‘rite of communion’ within the church, but the rub is that if someone wants to commune with God, he doesn’t need a priest’s permission to do it - Jesus walked as Man and God to allow us a personal relationship with Him and He also told us He was the Path to God the Father.

Believe what you will, but when I pray, it’s to God/Jesus/Holy Spirit and not dead mortals that some mortals in some church has declared a saint.


32 posted on 01/14/2021 8:41:20 AM PST by trebb (Fight like your life and future depends on it - because they do.)
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