Seems to be confusion about Confession. Catholics do confess to God but there’s a helper there to talk us through not repeating the sin, plus the priest can reassure you that you ARE forgiven if there’s still doubt. God forgives, but the priest provides care during the process.
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Sure. But also important that you’re not confessing to a person. When a priest becomes a priest the sacrament changes him — gives him a special Grace—so he can stand in for Christ this way.
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Fair point, that’s true. But the priest is not himself forgiving sins as God. God is forgiving through the priest. An important distinction. I think we’re arguing the same thing but from opposite ends.
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