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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And, I am not Catholic, so explain to me--if you can go and confess sins at any time, why is not going to Mass such a big deal? Couldn't they not go to Mass and go in and confess the sin of not going and get it cleared somehow? [/quote]

It's only a big deal if the person missing mass does not get to confession and communion soon after commiting the sin.  This, unfortunately, is the case with catholics who drop out during college.  If they eventually return to the faith -- meaning confessing their sins and going to mass regularly again - then they're OK.

But if they die in the interim (unlikely in the case of young people), they will go to hell because they have mortal sins on their soul for which they have not been forgiven.[/quote]

If you skip mass one week & get hit by a bus & die before going to confession, you go to hell.

If you brutally murder 100s of people but go to confession & receive communion afterwards, you go to heaven.

Sounds fair. [/quote]

What's fair about the Catholic church is that it teaches you what the rules are and then expects you to follow them.  All catholics have also been taught what the punishments for not following the rule are.  [b]YOu can't receive the sacraments of communion and confirmation without specific instuction.[/b]
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You realize that most people are 7 or 8 when they make their First Communion & 13 or 14 when they get confirmed, right? In most cases, they receive these sacrements because their parents expect them to, not because they themselves have carefully considered all the tenants  of the Catholic faith & made the decision to vow to abide by them.Heck, by the time I made my Confirmation, I knew I disagreed with some of the church's teachings. I made my Confirmation anyway because that's what was expected of me. I was a 13-year-old child with little to no choice in the matter, just like many of many friends.
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