[Iscool]

(Psst! You forgot that the horrid papists have to confess their sins in front of a priest. You might at least try to keep your story straight.

I don't think that was forgotten...It was a given...So OK then...Once your murderin' hit man confesses his crimes to his priest, who by the way is obligated to keep it secret, the mobster is then forgiven and has a clean getaway to purgatory/heaven???

[rzman21]

John 20:21

[metmom]

I don't think that was forgotten...It was a given...So OK then...Once your murderin' hit man confesses his crimes to his priest, who by the way is obligated to keep it secret, the mobster is then forgiven and has a clean getaway to purgatory/heaven???

Wow..... Sounds like what Catholics complain to non-Catholics about about cheap grace.

That's a nice little get out of hell free card. So any baptized Catholic can do whatever he feels like, break whatever law he pleases, and as long as he goes to confession, which the priest is obligated to keep silent about, there are no consequences. No hell, no jail, no legal repercussions, no restitution required.

Just a trip around the rosary a few times and voila' you're all set.

What a nice neat little set up.

[boatbums]

So OK then...Once your murderin' hit man confesses his crimes to his priest, who by the way is obligated to keep it secret, the mobster is then forgiven and has a clean getaway to purgatory/heaven???

Well, of course, he would probably want to wait to "come clean" until his death bed when he gets last rites and also he knows his sainted muddah and grandmuddahs will be saying prayers for him and paying for masses to be said for him as well. Plus, the dough he's made sure the local parrish gets on a regualr basis - all those pews with the family name on the plaques. I goon's gotta cover all his bases, ya know. ;o)