why confess.....?

Question

why confess to somebody you dont know ??? like a "priest" i haven't confessed since i was 8 i am 23 now ....

a cop are you serious were???

Answer 1

According to the bible if you are a Christian then you are a priest and therefore you confess only to God with the exception of becoming a christian then that confession is just saying you believe Jesus to be the son of God, not confessing your sins.
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Answer 2

Princess, The real "plan of salvation" is confession, repentance and reforming one's behavior. Independent of the mythology and dogma, this is good sound mental hygiene.

Confession to man or "god" is less important that confession to yourself. The thing is that a person won't correct his/her behavior if they won't admit it is wrong, causes problems, etc.

Repentance, is simply recognizing that one has screwed up and regretting it. It is made simple by the fact that real "sin" isn't punished by some big nobodaddy master puppeteer in the sky, it brings about its own disasterous result. That is, we aren't punished "for" our sins, we are punished "by" our sins.

Reform is more problematic. Often our counter-productive behavior is done out of habit or deep-seated psychological conditioning. (think of the mind as an operating system, and as "sinful" behavior as a bad, corrupted program.) One of the best tactics is to replace a bad habit with a good one. Another good one is learning to be aware. That is the heart Buddhism, (which, by the way, was not intended as a "religion" and the Buddha pointedly denied his divinity.)

Peace. Confess to yourself as needed.

Answer 3

I was raised Catholic. I have always felt better after confession (I've only gone twice). Is not jus confessing, the priest gives you advice about it. Is pretty much like therapy except is free. I have left the church recently but if you still consider yourself Catholic then maybe you should go. Is your choice, you don't have any obligation to it. I guess I still have a soft spot for Catholicism.

Answer 4

Read 1 John 1:7:10. We say our confession to men, and confess them to God.

Answer 5

The trouble with priests, which you could also find with a pastor of a non-Catholic Christian path, is that they are given too much power for a human being to handle correctly in all situations. Placed in that position, you are going to find a fair number high on their own authority, or at least not totally pure speakers of Truth. Again, people need to go deeper within instead of deeper without to have a relationship with God.

Answer 6

what a contradiction!

why confess?

that in itself is a good question...

if those of you who are religious follow the "word of God," how come you find the need to confess sins, should you not be making sins in the first place??

partake in a sin (which is bound to hurt someone, maybe not directly, but nonetheless will hurt someone) then ask for forgiveness for doing such?

Answer 7

That is a matter of faith. You must trully have faith in what ever religion uses confessions to get pardon for the sins you have committed.

Of course, Catholics and Orthodoxs are not the only religions that practice confessions.

Answer 8

confess nothing to anyone! i went to a church before that had a cop in the membership. everytime someone gave a testimony about how jesus changed their life, this little cop would head to the cop shop and run a warrant check to see if there was a chance he could arrest the guy that gave the testimony. confess nothing to no one!

Answer 9

When it comes to sin, such confession is not meant for anyone but God. A man cannot forgive sin - only God can. The idea of a priest giving absolution is completely contrary to scripture.

Now, there is a type of confession we do with one another - these would be the types of sins we need help with. For example, a man I once knew revealed he had a problem with pornography. It was so serious, he was using computers at work, on working time, to "fill" his need. Once he lost his job (a really good job, too), he realized that he was in deep trouble. He went to his pastor and revealed everything after having gone to God in repentance. His pastor spent some time counselling him in order to get him on track again, as well as counsel for his wife and family. So, for this type of instance, it was good this man confessed to someone in authority.

However, confession to man does not bring forgiveness. If a person has given their life to Jesus, having accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior, this same person can go to God directly without the aid of anyone. It says in the Bible that "there is only one Mediator between God and man, the Lord Jesus Christ." Jesus now gives me the same privilege as a priest (like the priests of the old Levitical order), in that I can go to God for anything, any reason, any time.

Answer 10

in the catholic ideology confession is literally good for the soul. when you confess to the priest you are not only admitting that you've done wrong but are asking for forgiveness and the priest by interceding with god and by giving you things to do as atonement, such as our fathers and hail Mary's, can grant you that absolution. i think you kinda have to mean though for it to really work.