Posted by:
Timothy
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Date: June 09, 2011 04:24PM
For those who are wondering, here it is:
http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,211797,211797#msg-211797OP Sandie poses a very legit question:
"What is involved in a Catholic's "first confession? ... Why does this sound as ghastly as a TR interview with a bishop or a youth interview? <shudder>"
At face value, it does sound as ghastly as a TR interview. There are more than a few reasons for that.
I was particularly disturbed by these comments by poster Voweaver:
"... a competent priest will be able to see through the fudging, the BS, and the justification, and let you know that you aren't kidding anyone but yourself. According to the beliefs of the Catholic Church, the priest is serving as God's ear in hearing your confession. He receives this authority from the Apostolic succession, from when Jesus breathed on the disciples and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit: what you hold bound on earth will be bound in Heaven, and what you loose on earth will be loosened in Heaven."
Sounds like more fairy tale gibberish to me, but then:
"After the confession, the "counseling session," if the priest is convinced of the sincerity of your remorse and of the promise to avoid the sin in the future, he uses his authority to absolve you of sin."
What authority? ... A catholic priest has no "authority" to act as god's earpiece (as if an omnipotent being needs an earpiece) or absolve anyone of sin. In fact, catholic confession ritual does seem as ghastly as a TR interview because it is, particularly when, as some posters in the thread mention, folks have to make stuff up just to get through it. Talk about B.S! … Sheesh!
Seems catholics are even more sensitive than mormons when their little fantasies are scrutinized. Got some bad news for you, folks. The catholic cult is no more credible than the mormon cult. Proving mormonism false - an easy thing to do - does nothing to bolster the credibility of catholicism or any faith.
So how were Johnny Canuck's comments out of line? They weren't. What we have here are a bunch of oversensitive religionists who've yet to grasp the concept that catholicism is a really bad joke and mormonism is its punch-line.
Kind of tacky to post ill-will towards one cult yet scream bloody murder when your cult gets hammered, don’t you think?
Or don’t you?
Timothy
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 06/10/2011 02:33PM by Timothy.