[johngrace]

The most popular argument against going to confession is "I don't need to go to a priest. I can confess directly to God." St. Augustine had to deal with this in the fifth century:

Let no one say... "I repent before God. God knows it and pardons me." What! Was it then said in vain to the priests, "Whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven"? You hold the Gospel of no account. You despise the words of Christ, and you promise yourself what he refuses to you.

Thats Powerful.

[johngrace]

http://www.cfalive.com/is-a-warm-chaste-courtship-possible/why-confession/