Why do Catholics confess their sins to a priest instead of confessing to God?

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• this is so true - catholics can be so blind to the lies their leaders tell them - some things that are even forbidden and advised against in the Bible. +5

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  by Morg the Army wife on June 23rd, 2007

• That's ridiculous, no one is forbidden to read the bible. I am a catholic and I read the Bible once a year. I confess to a priest because God already knows what I did, and He knows I am sorry, but the act of confession gives me the opportunity to try to make up for my sin, even in some small way. By humbling myself and saying out loud that I have sinned I can begin to move past the sin and continue along the right path.

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  by Melissa on December 12th, 2007

• Once a year? how does that work? what do you do for the rest of the year? Humbling to yourself, saying that you have sinned out loud doesnt mean anything to God. It's showing a repentant attitude, pray to him for that you are sorry and to ask for his forgiveness, ask him to help you to do the things that pleases him.

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  by Skip_2_My_Lou on December 17th, 2007

• Comments weren't working earlier, I posted an answer in response to your comments.

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  by Melissa on December 17th, 2007

• damn trolls. ++

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  by Morg the Army wife on December 18th, 2007

• I don't think that you had been a Catholic once, as you claim. Because, you said that only priest can have the bible and that everyone within the congregation are forbidden to look into it. I myself a catholic and have a Douay-Rheim bible and read it whenever I can.

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  by Anonymous on December 26th, 2007

• I agree with anonymous. My mother got her bible in Mexico (catholic editorial) when she vacationed there from colombia. It has great commentary and alludes respectfully to protestant ones stating differences and similarities. It even mentions other books not in the catholic bible that are in greek orthodox. In colombia many people had bibles and were encouraged to study.

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  by cfG21_memb on October 22nd, 2008

• I know this is an old ? but it requires clarification. This samoan idiot apperently has a computer and should use it to do research. Of course he may just perfer to look stupid. Enough of that. Nothing he stated is factual. I have a CATHOLIC BIBLE bought at a mall book store. Any catholic is free to read it any time. He may have been catholic, not an educated catholic.

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  by Anonymous on April 23rd, 2009

• Educated I have been, and the practices are just so hypicritical. It's all BS.

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  by Skip_2_My_Lou on June 10th, 2009

• I'm not downrating you but I don't think this is right at all. Maybe in some areas, but I was raised in the Roman Catholic church, went to a Roman Catholic cathedral every Sunday for both main church service and children's liturgy ("Sunday school"), and I ALWAYS had access to a family Bible, my own Bible that the school required each student to have, and others as well. The Bible may have been kept away from the non-priests in MEDIEVAL times, but it is not so today - or at least, not so in every Roman Catholic church.

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  by Blar on August 13th, 2009

• Wow. You are very wrong. I was a Catholic. I escaped. But I know nothing you have said to be true.

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  by Rude Bear Ready for Winter on October 13th, 2009

• LOL... "only the Preist is allowed to look into it and read passages from it"...really? than I must have been dreaming all these Masses when I could swear lay people were also doing the readings...also you know nobody stops us from reading the Bible whenever we want. The priests actually encourage us (Gasp)...did you write your answer seriously or as a joke?

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  by AnaRoM on October 13th, 2009

• Jehova GOD? What is Jehova God? There must be only one God and it is formless and omnipresent.

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  by itinary on October 13th, 2009