[Rosary]

What doth it profit a man or woman-if they gain the whole world and suffer the loss of their souls,by sin.

[rdb3]

The soul,the piece of each human that at death will never die,it is immortal. It- as the individual will, be judged before God,at the end of their life for both the good and the bad they have done and merit either,heaven a place of eternal happiness- or hell,a place of eternal punishment and misery for the SINS or Sins committed..

There's nothing any of us can do to merit salvation. That's impossible. Sin was judged at the Cross by Christ sheeding His Blood (Hebrews 9:22) and we are justified by His grace (Romans 3:24). The only question remaining is man's faith.

[jtminton]

Salvation is by Grace thorough Faith. Simple as that.

[Servant of the 9]

Sin is no different than crime.

It's not how bad the deed, or how often you do it, it's how good a mouthpiece you hire to plead your case.

You need a well connected lawyer and a well connected priest.

So9

[annalex]

Here is a detailed article on confession (also known as penance or reconciliation): Reconciliation: The Sacrament of Conversion

A more introductory article, which also describes the actual process of confession is: Confession: Sacrament of Penance - Reconciliation

Scriptural support for the Sacrament of Confession can be found at: Scripture Catholic: Confession

[fortunecookie]

Sin is doing what we know is wrong intentionally. We learn the Commandments, we learn the law of love taught to us by Jesus in the NT, we read the Bible, the Beatitudes, so we can learn what is wrong and what is right. Jesus brought us salvation by His sacrifice. We still have a responsibility to learn what is right and do it.

[bert]

Confession is to make the sinner beholden to the priest.

[Mr. Jeeves]

"Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other “sins” are invented nonsense." -- Robert A. Heinlein

[F16Fighter]

"Confession,cleanses away the sin."

IF it did, we wouldn't need Christ, would we?