I have heard of instances where tiny children go to their first confession (with no significant sins to report obviously), but the priest isn't satisfied until he makes the children cry. Apparently that is considered a successful confession.
I remember being scared by the stories about the end times as a child. I used to worry that I was the anti-Christ, or that I had committed the unforgivable sin. My family was Episcopalian, and we rarely went to church.
The worst of all is scrupulosity. That is religious OCD. The compulsive praying and rituals probably exacerbate this tendency.
I remember being scared by the stories about the end times as a child. I used to worry that I was the anti-Christ, or that I had committed the unforgivable sin. My family was Episcopalian, and we rarely went to church.
The worst of all is scrupulosity. That is religious OCD. The compulsive praying and rituals probably exacerbate this tendency.