(February 21, 2015 at 5:58 pm)watchamadoodle Wrote: 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.
That's just appaling. What a disgusting idea. An adult man has to make a child cry for his satisfaction, truly, a victory of a great scale.
(February 21, 2015 at 5:58 pm)watchamadoodle Wrote: Apparently that is considered a successful confession.
I consider it guilt tripping and a form of psychological abuse.
(February 21, 2015 at 5:58 pm)watchamadoodle Wrote: 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.
I was in a state of panic after reading the Apocalypse. It's nightmare fuel.