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From: tischler@ihuxv.UUCP (Mark D. Tischler)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Guilt
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Date: Wed, 1-Feb-84 10:06:28 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  1 10:06:28 1984
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Dave,
	If you think that putting ALL your sins behind you (not talking about
murder and the like, here) is a cop-out, wouldn't you also admit that
receiving forgiveness for sins from a priest through confession is also a
cop-out?  Of all people, you should tell a priest!  Why not talk to the
person you hurt or offended by the sin?  That seems quite a bit more
appropriate.  But to receive penance from an uninvolved person for any old
sin seems like taking the easy way out.  Understanding your sins, and
promising yourself not to do them again is just as much "the easy way out".

					Let's not be hypocrites,
					Mark