Catholic Confession Primer

This is so anti-life every human trait is covered here what makes us all human. What is worse, is how they push these teachings on innocent children and destroy more lives.

First Commandment

Am I ignorant of my catechism (Act of Contrition, Apostle's Creed, Ten Commandments, Seven Sacraments, the Our Father)?
Have I willfully doubted or denied any of the teachings of the Church (heresy)?
Have I taken active part in any non-Catholic worship?
Am I a member of any anti-Catholic or any secret society?
Have I knowingly read any anti-Catholic literature?
Have I practiced any superstitions (horoscopes, fortune tellers, etc.)?

Second Commandment

Have I used God's name in vain by way of profanity?
Have I murmured or complained against God (blasphemy)?
Have I maligned priests or others consecrated to God?
Have I sworn by God's name (oath) either falsely or rashly?
Have I broken any private vow?

Third Commandment

Have I missed Mass on Sundays or holydays through my own fault?
Have I been late for Mass through my own negligence?
Have I been inattentive at Mass or otherwise failed in reverence for the Most Blessed Sacrament?
Have I done unnecessary servile work (physical labor) or shopping on Sunday?

Fourth Commandment

Have I been disrespectful to my parents or neglected them?
Have I failed in obedience or reverence to others in authority?
Have I mistreated my wife or children? Have I been disobedient or disrespectful to my husband?

Regarding my children:

Have I neglected their material needs? Have I failed to care for their early Baptism or their proper religious instruction?
Have I allowed them to neglect their religious duties?
Have I otherwise failed to discipline them?
Have I given bad them example? Have I interfered with their freedom to marry or follow a religious vocation?

Fifth & Eighth Commandments

Have I quarreled with any one?
Have I cursed anyone or otherwise wished evil on him?
Have I taken pleasure in anyone's misfortune?
Is there anyone to whom I refuse to speak or be reconciled?
Have I lied about anyone (calumny)?
Have I rash judged anyone of a serious sin?
Have I engaged in gossip (detraction) or spread scandal?
Have I lent an ear to scandal about my neighbor?
Have I been jealous or envious of anyone?

Sixth & Ninth

Have I denied my spouse his or her marriage rights?
Have I practiced birth control?
Have I abused my marriage rights in any other way?
Have I committed adultery or fornication?
Have I touched or embraced another impurely?
Have I sinned with others of the same sex?
Have I committed masturbation or otherwise sinned impurely with myself?
Have I harbored lustful desires for anyone?
Have I indulged in other impure thoughts?
Have I failed to dress modestly?
Have I done anything to provoke or occasion impure thoughts in others?
Have I read indecent literature or looked at indecent pictures?
Have I watched suggestive films or programs?
Have I permitted my children or others under my charge to do these things?
Have I used indecent language or told indecent stories?
Have I willingly listened to such stories?
Have I boasted of my sins?
Have I sinned against chastity in any other way?

Seventh & Tenth Commandments

Have I stolen anything?
Have I damaged anyone's property through my own fault?
Have I cheated or defrauded other?
Have I refused or neglected

Besides telling the NATURE of our sins, we must also recollect, as far as possible, the NUMBER of times we have committed them, telling also (and only) those CIRCUMSTANCES which at times may either make a venial sin mortal or a mortal sin notably worse. Have I ever failed to confess a serious sin or disguised it? Have I been guilty of irreverence for this sacrament by failing to examine my conscience carefully?

What is the point of this pathetic thread? NONE.
Just anti-Catholic blabbering at it's most pathetic. :shk:

You gave no indication of where you ALLEGEDLY dug this up from.
'failure to obey a husband is a sin'??? Lemme' guess .... Something
dated from 1930?? :shk: That isn't taught in any modern day
Catholic church or Catholic school that I know ....

What is worse, is how they push these teachings on innocent children and destroy more lives.

Oh get a freak'n grip.

Teaching Catholic children to examine their conscience to see where they have sinned and how they could do better is not 'destroying their lives'. Actually, it would do EVERYONE a bit of good to examine their lives and to try to do better.

If YOU don't want to be Catholic, then don't be. But don't go around
digging up stuff from 50-100 years ago, FALSELY claim that it's being
taught now, and complain about it.

You have no idea what you are talking about.

Wow. just WOW...

I have seen some pathetic garbage make its way into the forums through my stay here... this is one of the most blatant biased piece of work out of them all..

Where did you get this information?

HOW the HELL could you say that this is the "10 commandments" as viewed by Catholics?

This is obviously the work of someone with obvious and blatant hatred towards the Church, his reasons being his own. I would however love a source for this spew in which you claim is absolute truth?

You know.. I have had run ins with Catholic practises and "restrictions" on my own views.. but could I ever honestly see my self posting crap like this simply out of spite? NO .. its biggoted, irrational, obviously false, and done in pure spite.

I am more interested in why.. is there some kind of resentment towards Catholics for some reason? Mind explaining the hate filled post here? Please, enlighten us.. and post your source.

If this is simply your own opinion, we will simply pass you off as a nutcase and be done with it.. is there a source?

Sometimes.. children on these boards get tiresome...

Gotta say that my kids have never been given a List of Sins.
In fact, Confession has been quite played down nowdays. I don't think our local church has a Confessional. Certainly none of the old signage to get people to queue up for their turn is around anymore. Even old churches seem to have removed it.

Kids seem to have a Talk with the Priest now and again, but none of the old "Forgive me Father for I have sinned" stuff.

I agree with the others. There are plenty of legit reasons to criticize Religion and Catholicism. But don't resort to propaganda.

[edit on 26-3-2007 by emjoi]

Originally posted by FlyersFan
What is the point of this pathetic thread? NONE.
Just anti-Catholic blabbering at it's most pathetic. :shk:

You gave no indication of where you ALLEGEDLY dug this up from.
'failure to obey a husband is a sin'??? Lemme' guess .... Something
dated from 1930?? :shk: That isn't taught in any modern day
Catholic church or Catholic school that I know ....


Oh get a freak'n grip.

Teaching Catholic children to examine their conscience to see where they have sinned and how they could do better is not 'destroying their lives'. Actually, it would do EVERYONE a bit of good to examine their lives and to try to do better.

If YOU don't want to be Catholic, then don't be. But don't go around
digging up stuff from 50-100 years ago, FALSELY claim that it's being
taught now, and complain about it.

You have no idea what you are talking about.

Excuse me? sounds like somebody is getting defensive because the author of the thread touched a nerve. NO FLAMING.

Mad hatter...

Religion often does..

As you are a new member, you do not know Flyersfan, and are in no place to judge someone you do not know, especially what her "nerve" is..

Take a bit of your own advice.

NO FLAMING..

Everyone chill out before I do something that I'll have to go to confession for...



Thanks.

I don't know where this list came from or if it is actually used by the RCC, but I would say that I'm against the whole idea of confession to a priest in that manner. I think it's useless since the LORD knows exactly what you've done and how you feel about it no matter what you say to any priest, and it's obviously open to all types of misuse and corruption.

Originally posted by MAD Hatt3r
sounds like somebody is getting defensive

Defensive? Nope.
Annoyed as all heck!

because the author of the thread touched a nerve.

... because the author posted crap. :shk:

NO FLAMING.

Tell it to the author of this thread.

All he did was post inflamatory drivel ... and he didn't even bother to
post a source (if there even was one.).

Confession to a priest is quite useful. You're only as sick as the secrets you keep. Priests don't tell anyone what you confess. Not like Marge down the street who coffee chats with all the neighbors. Who wants to confront their conscience before God, most people prefer diversion. Sharing it with another human being puts action behind the faith.
Confession is key to peace of mind. All the great traditions have left us the legacy of assessment, confession and renewal.

Originally posted by Mr.Giggles
This is so anti-life every human trait is covered here what makes us all human. What is worse, is how they push these teachings on innocent children and destroy more lives.

Hi Mr.Giggles, alot of stuff you read concerning religions on the internet usually isn't verified by the corresponding representatives i.e. the vatican in this case.



Unfortunately for a handful of people in a specific community give the majority of that community a bad name. It actually applies everywhere i.e. governments , business etc.

[edit on 28-3-2007 by Selmer2]