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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Never. I think the last time I went I was in high school. [/quote]

This.  I don't need a priest to communicate with God. [/quote]

It's not about communicating with God.  There is accountability in confessing and comfort in being absolved.  It is very easy for us to rationalize that what we say and do is not really wrong or hurtful.  Examining your consencience and being contrite enough to confess openly is humbling.  Plus you get the counsel of a priest and the grace to make changes in your life.  Why go it alone if you don't have to?[/quote]

Give me a break.  You're not even confessing to the person you wronged.[/quote]

That person deserves an apology, not necessarily a confession.  I cannot make you believe the religious aspect of this if you are determined not to value it, but those of us who do understand that the priest alone is given the ability by Christ to absolve sin and impart grace on an individual making a sincere confession.  I can feel bad and apologize and vow to not do it again but it is only through the priest's absolution that I KNOW I am forgiven in God's eyes and I have made things right without my penance.[/quote]

Without a priest's absolution through the confession process, Catholics cannot be officially absolved of sin, no natter how sorry they are.  The only way to avoid the requirement to confess and do penance is to leave the catholic faith and join another religion that does not have such harsh rules and penalties regarding sin.[/quote]

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