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I'm not as critical of right wing women as some on here, but I only recently got twitter and this story was all over my timeline the last couple days. The amount of right wing women outing themselves, shaming men for "pride" and comparing being a harlot to being too proud lmao. So fucking blackpilling man, I legit think I'm going abroad and going eastern Europe, Argentina or just tap out and remix *(lmao meant to say racemix)with an asian
This is why the Catholic sacrament of reconciliation is based. Back in the day, if you were repeatedly going to your small parish and confessing to the exact same sins over and over and not improving, the priest could withhold reconciliation if he felt you lacked true contrition. Protestantism did away with that, so they see it as “I said the prayer, now my soul has fire insurance”. The Catholics (of which I am one) aren’t much better. Larger parishes and lack of clergy make this step harder to do. Which is why I confess to the priest face to face.
Protestantism emphasized a direct relationship with God through Christ, without requiring a priest as intermediary for forgiveness (priesthood of all believers). Confession is primarily to God; ongoing sin still has consequences; the congregation can exercise discipline, even removal from fellowship. But ultimate judgment of the soul belongs to God alone.
That you need a priest to tell you the state of your soul and to advise you as to how you should atone is your decision. Personally, I can tell when I've sinned and through study of the bible and sincere prayer, I can repent and atone. I am probably much harder on myself than a Priest would be to technical Catholics.