What God would you rather accept?

Madeline said:
God indeed does not want to punish us, but as a Father - He chastises His children when they leave the fold and rebel against Him. This is done out of Love.

".......My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth." Hebrews 12:5,6

Love,
Madeline
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Sorry, couldn't resist. :jk
 
SRC said:
Actually .. Southern Baptist don't do that .. they pray and ask for forgiveness if they feel they were out of line .. but that's about it. It's not required though.

Confession is where you tell God about your sins and seek/expect some sort of punishment in order to rectify your wrongs.

Baptists dont' believe that God punishs you though, which is why I am not catholic .. I don't believe that.
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My point....Ahem was that confession is age old, it is not just a function of the catholic church.

Confessing our shortcomings is not just a Catholic concept. It is widely used and accepted by many faiths.;)
 
AEF said:
Scott in all honesty, I doubt you will accept any evidence i give you in the science section, because they WILL clash with your religious beliefs
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I've been 100% able to keep religion out of both of the science debates. Not 99.99%. 100%.

I only ask legitimate questions that I feel deserve an answer before theories can be considered credible. Why is that so hard to accept?

I'll still be waiting for you over there.
 
IntruderLS1 said:
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I've been 100% able to keep religion out of both of the science debates. Not 99.99%. 100%.

I only ask legitimate questions that I feel deserve an answer before theories can be considered credible. Why is that so hard to accept?

I'll still be waiting for you over there.
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these theories have been established as fact.....but ok, then. I'm still doing reading on that question.
 
BadBoy@TheWheel said:
My point....Ahem was that confession is age old, it is not just a function of the catholic church.

Confessing our shortcomings is not just a Catholic concept. It is widely used and accepted by many faiths.;)
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Well I'm sorry if this goes offtopic or offends anyone, appologies if it does, but I don't see that confession is strictly a religious thing either. Being humble enough to accept your shortcomings I think is something that is a mark of any mature person, regardless of whether the're religious or not. To me, admitting it to the people you've wronged is more important than admitting it to God or some Priest.;)
 
Peter Parka said:
Well I'm sorry if this goes offtopic or offends anyone, appologies if it does, but I don't see that confession is strictly a religious thing either. Being humble enough to accept your shortcomings I think is something that is a mark of any mature person, regardless of whether the're religious or not. To me, admitting it to the people you've wronged is more important than admitting it to God or some Priest.;)
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Absolutely, my point exacarry:D
 
All Else Failed said:
I can understand the role of a priest in confession, but if god knows all and you're genuinely sorry for what you did I don't see how they can still logically carry confessions out/make them necessary.
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I can see the purpose of another person being involved, for purpose of humility, but I don't think it should matter if it's a man of the "cloth".

That's heretic b/s to me.
 
I'm not Catholic, so I don't pretend to understand the requirements set forth by that church, but my understanding of Biblical confession is that it helps us as individuals heal from guilt, as well as takes away our ability to pretend like nothing wrong is going on. They say admitting it is the first step right? Well, I think this is the Biblical principal called "confession."

Lots of psychology that really makes sense IMO.
 
IntruderLS1 said:
I'm not Catholic, so I don't pretend to understand the requirements set forth by that church, but my understanding of Biblical confession is that it helps us as individuals heal from guilt, as well as takes away our ability to pretend like nothing wrong is going on. They say admitting it is the first step right? Well, I think this is the Biblical principal called "confession."

Lots of psychology that really makes sense IMO.
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I mean no insult to your religion of choice, but I personally think that the nature of confession at least from my standpoint is humility. Get it off your chest, take from it the lessons learned, and leave it.

Uncover discover and discard. I can't imagine it being any more useful if I did it with a priest or you. To me that's all semantics.
 
BadBoy@TheWheel said:
I mean no insult to your religion of choice, but I personally think that the nature of confession at least from my standpoint is humility. Get it off your chest, take from it the lessons learned, and leave it.

Uncover discover and discard. I can't imagine it being any more useful if I did it with a priest or you. To me that's all semantics.
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That's what I said. :D

I can't think of anywhere in the Bible is specifies that confession must be made to a priest. Possibly in the extra books in the Catholic Bible??
 
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