But don't you see that's the beauty of Catholicism.
You f#ck up, say you're sorry and it's all good.
Plus you get a matchbox car from your parents after confession.
We didn't have many toys.
Seriously I while I don't believe in rituals, I acknowledge that we make mistakes.
We have to own our mistakes, that is the first step on the path to not making the same mistakes again.
Confession is just a religious persons version of this.
I do like Alexander Pope as a satirist and Poet.
His quote
" To err is human, to forgive is divine "
When the meaning of the word divine is as an informal adjective,
Very pleasing, delightful