A psychological approch to how religion works

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Repentance is a great way to actually promote personally accountability in an individual

I've heard other Christians say something similar to this. But I still don't understand how repentance promotes personal responsibility... If you 'sin,' no matter how bad the sin, you can always repent to a higher power and He'll forgive you, a universal get-out-of-jail-free card. You don't really have to be accountable, because you get to turn over your responsibility to God.

I suppose there are people who also do the right thing, and try to rectify their wrongs. But that doesn't require confessing them to any deity. It is other people you have wronged, and it is these other people who will decide whether or not to forgive you.