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  Confession.

  by Englishman in

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  is it really good for the soul?

  does it make us clean and pure again?.

  or is it the easy way out, a way of shrugging off our misdoings and leaving us free to behave badly again, for example by visiting a confessional box each week?.

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  teenyuck

  Yeru, I still don't get the whole idea of God and confession. Why can't a person just pray for forgiveness and be over with it?

  Why does confession to a priest have to occur?
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  Confession.

  by Englishman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is it really good for the soul?

  does it make us clean and pure again?.

  or is it the easy way out, a way of shrugging off our misdoings and leaving us free to behave badly again, for example by visiting a confessional box each week?.

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  teenyuck

  I don't have any deep dark secrets that need to be confessed; however....I do talk with my friends and my husband all the time about *stuff*.

  I will never understand how telling someone, spouse, kid, priest, etc. can take away the guilt. You still did the deed.

  If you understand that and you accept responsibility for it, why does someone telling you that what you did was bad (you already knew it was bad or you would not be confessing, right?) make you feel better? It seems like going in a circle.

  If you follow the Tina Method, it is over quick:

  1. I screwed up.

  2. Depending on how bad, apologize to other person, or just to myself.

  3. Resolve not to do the same deed again.

  4. Move on and place the deed in memory bank so I can remember what it felt like to screw up.

  5. Go on with life. Smile.

  See. It is clean and simple.
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  Confession.

  by Englishman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is it really good for the soul?

  does it make us clean and pure again?.

  or is it the easy way out, a way of shrugging off our misdoings and leaving us free to behave badly again, for example by visiting a confessional box each week?.

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  teenyuck

  Therapy and confession are different.

  Confession and having God forgive you is a bunch of *Hooey*. Forgive my language...lol.

  I see absolutely no reason to go tell a man in a wood booth that I did *such and such*, have him tell me to say three Hail Mary's and I will be forgiven. That is so insane.

  If God cared, I should be able to pray about it and be done with it. Why would God make it so hard, Yeru?
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  Confession.

  by Englishman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is it really good for the soul?

  does it make us clean and pure again?.

  or is it the easy way out, a way of shrugging off our misdoings and leaving us free to behave badly again, for example by visiting a confessional box each week?.

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  teenyuck

  Why don't you all just talk to yourself's, tell yourself's your an idiot for doing *it*, and move on?

  Why the need to tell strangers your deepest secrets?
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  Confession.

  by Englishman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is it really good for the soul?

  does it make us clean and pure again?.

  or is it the easy way out, a way of shrugging off our misdoings and leaving us free to behave badly again, for example by visiting a confessional box each week?.

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  teenyuck

  I do not believe that confessing to a priest is all that beneficial or necessary, but I think confession in other circumstances should be done.

  Confess to who SP?

  That is the whole point.....who does one decide to *confess* something to? Your mom and/or dad? Your spouse? Your kids?

  I had my mom confess fornication to me....at age 15. She then went to the elders and *confessed* and was DFd. After undergoing a rigerous questioning...it left a very bad taste in her mouth. And mine. I would NEVER confess to those PHARISEES after watching what they did to my mother.

  OTOH, my sister confessed to fornication to my mother. She promptly called her a whore. I again realized the waste of time confession was. Why get verbally abused for something you already knew was wrong?

  So, who do you confess something you already know is wrong to?
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  ...but I happen to like the JWs/WT.....

  by ScoobySnax in

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  jehovah's witnesses.

  the organisation.

  i love 'em both still.

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  teenyuck

  WRAA-WROO!!

  Scooby is GAY?!

  Zoinks!
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  Confession.

  by Englishman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is it really good for the soul?

  does it make us clean and pure again?.

  or is it the easy way out, a way of shrugging off our misdoings and leaving us free to behave badly again, for example by visiting a confessional box each week?.

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  teenyuck

  I think it is a waste of time. What is the point of telling someone else what you did?

  Is it really good for the soul? Does it make us clean and pure again?

  Only if you let it....I don't think it works.

  Is it best never to confess to anything?

  You know what you did was wrong/bad/unethical/etc. You don't need someone to tell you that. Then to have the person tell you that God will not be happy you did *that* and you need to do *something* to make up for it, is just ridiculous.

  I think confession is a way for people to mentally transfer responsibility. I think it lulls people into thinking that by talking about *it*, *it* goes away.

  Buck up. Take responsibility for your screw up, learn from your mistake and move on.
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  WriteAPrisoner.com (pen pal)?

  by mouthy in

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  i have read in the paper that susan smith who drowned her two children in a car she is 31 years old serving a life sentence -is seeking people who would like to write her.

  she was a jw for awhile ?

  ?dont know much about that -but i saw her husband on jw -( larry king live) he stated there >>he was a jw>>> not one anymore.. so if you would like to be unjudgemental.

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  teenyuck

  This woman murdered her two children.

  Why would anyone want to be a pen pal to her?!

  Especially an ex-JW? Are you going to convince her that being an ex-JW is worse than a lifetime prison sentence?
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  ...but I happen to like the JWs/WT.....

  by ScoobySnax in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jehovah's witnesses.

  the organisation.

  i love 'em both still.

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  teenyuck

  I don't think Hamas is serious....He is usually so nice.
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  ...but I happen to like the JWs/WT.....

  by ScoobySnax in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jehovah's witnesses.

  the organisation.

  i love 'em both still.

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  teenyuck

  You like the fact that you can get away with only going to the memorial and assemblies and getting the mags rags. If the elders were riding your ass and your family were threatening to cut off all contact, you would make a decision. Sink or swim.

  The fact that you log on here just about everyday is more telling. If you didn't like it, you wouldn't log on.

  The big question is why?

  Why do you like them?