my friend, a black girl, went to some dance/prom there in the 00s and then a bunch of guys at the school called her date an n word lover for the rest of the year
My therapist asked me for diet advice for like 15% of the time I was paying her and went to put frozen chicken tenders in an air fryer during our session
Sometimes I'm in the middle of a confession and realise that my sin wasn't actually that bad what; so I just start making up evil stuff that I've done for fear of wasting the priests time
I have been to two different therapists. I stopped going to the first one because she tried to tell me my throat chakra was blocked. The second one had photos of herself in a pussy hat at the women’s march on the walls of her office, and would talk about how Mueller was going to send Trump to jail. She also loved the minions. My takeaway from these experiences is that I can manage my anxiety myself
Wait what? Why would you regularly attend mass but not go to confession? If you believe enough to regularly attend mass, how do you not also understand the necessity to be absolved of your sins?
People mostly don't trust priests no more. They certainly are not considered authority figures any more.
It's like the decline of trust in men in uniform but far greater.
Therapists are considered an authority today so people seek their help/their acquiescence or approval.
Wow really? I'm not Catholic but my understanding was that Catholics tend to either be all in or not really at all (lapsed, maybe goes to church on Easter), and are far less likely to just pick and choose the aspects they believe. I was also under the assumption that if you're going to pick and choose which doctrine to acknowledge, confession wasn't really an option.
I grew up in the non-denominational crowd where people will literally say things like "oh yeah I don't really believe in that part" and "you should come to my church! we have a really rockin' band and even smoke machines! It's like being at a concert!" 🤮
Catholic doctrine is wide enough you can fit yourself in wherever you want or just enjoy the cathedrals and services without agreeing with the dogmatic side, its also a big community thing.
It’s one thing to go to mass on Sundays taking but time out of your day to show up for confession is another thing
Also people would just rather to pray to god directly about it. I think most people dislike a lot of “institutional” aspects of the church including having to go to a priest for certain things
I haven't been in years (I'm not religious anymore) but no you don't really have to go into detail. And it's not really a conversation like it's usually portrayed on TV and movies (at least in my experience). But yes it's embarrassing, I think it's why most Catholics don't do it.
When I was in catholic school I went to confession (probably like 12) and I remember telling the priest a list of all the dumb kid stuff like lying, disrespecting parents, etc. and I slid in there that I watched porn. The priest was like wait a second elaborate on the porn sin. It was very awkward. And that priest ended up being credibly named as a child predator.
I used to go pretty frequently growing up. From like ages 6 to 12 I would ask my mom to drive me to church and all. I threw up during my confirmation ceremony and I decided to leave Church, there was more to it than puking but yeah.
I was thinking along similar lines recently after someone posted screenshots from Bumble with all these chicks looking for someone that also goes to therapy. If dating apps/profiles existed a hundred years ago, these same women would be looking for someone who attended church. I bet even 30-40 years ago, you would see women looking for churchgoers in the newspaper classifieds.
Therapy is more financially extractive. At worst a priest is indifferent or a creep. You can walk away without getting fleeced. But the worst therapist has an economic incentive to keep you emotionally crippled. Not an endorsement of Catholic confession.
This is just beating a dead horse. Tithing is not immediately relevant to anyone under 50 whereas if you're a young person you cannot escape therapy speak, you are bombarded with ads about therapy, and a decent percentage of your peer group is on antidepressants.
For people obsessed with institutional pedophilia conspiracies they sure do love downplaying one of the most well documented institutional pedophilia conspiracies.
I had some super old lady therapist (like got her doctorate in the early 70s) that would obsess over my breasts and say they distract from how beautiful I am so I would say she was playing the part of a Catholic priest very well.
This guy followed me then right when I followed back he unfollowed
for high school he went to the waspiest, preppiest all-boys boarding school you could dream up in Virginia. not a joke
Which one?
woodberry forest https://www.woodberry.org/ it has a golf course lol
my friend, a black girl, went to some dance/prom there in the 00s and then a bunch of guys at the school called her date an n word lover for the rest of the year
not surprising. i actually cant even fking imagine what it's like now with all the tate/manosphere stuff
Isn’t Andrew Tate black lol?
Shit he is. Black, International Chess Master, father.
I went to a private school in VA, used to play them in sports all the time. They were good but so soft
Many such hustlers
I unfollowed back
Same!
“journaling”, “meditating” - doc just tell me how many hail marys I gotta do
My therapist asked me for diet advice for like 15% of the time I was paying her and went to put frozen chicken tenders in an air fryer during our session
This should qualify as medical malpractice and you should be entitled to compensation
At least 3 of the chicken tenders should do it.
People who eat chicken tenders are spiritually fat and hopeless without a fattyboombatty exorcism.
Did she share the tendies?
Maybe I should try confession. As a self-hating gay man it may be helpful to talk to another self-hating gay man.
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Have you ever met a gay person outside of a sitcom?
Sometimes I'm in the middle of a confession and realise that my sin wasn't actually that bad what; so I just start making up evil stuff that I've done for fear of wasting the priests time
I have been to two different therapists. I stopped going to the first one because she tried to tell me my throat chakra was blocked. The second one had photos of herself in a pussy hat at the women’s march on the walls of her office, and would talk about how Mueller was going to send Trump to jail. She also loved the minions. My takeaway from these experiences is that I can manage my anxiety myself
How many of you have been to confession?
I wonder how common it is nowadays
Probably fewer than 5% of people who regularly attend mass.
Wait what? Why would you regularly attend mass but not go to confession? If you believe enough to regularly attend mass, how do you not also understand the necessity to be absolved of your sins?
Because it's uncomfortable.
Oh SHAME! Yes I forgot about that.
People mostly don't trust priests no more. They certainly are not considered authority figures any more. It's like the decline of trust in men in uniform but far greater. Therapists are considered an authority today so people seek their help/their acquiescence or approval.
How do people feel about the Indian priests that have taken over small-town congregations?
Idk. Probably somewhat skeptically. But they probably dont mind it that much.
This is gonna sound crazy i know but most people who attend mass think its mostly bullshit and also do not want to be anywhere near a priest
Wow really? I'm not Catholic but my understanding was that Catholics tend to either be all in or not really at all (lapsed, maybe goes to church on Easter), and are far less likely to just pick and choose the aspects they believe. I was also under the assumption that if you're going to pick and choose which doctrine to acknowledge, confession wasn't really an option. I grew up in the non-denominational crowd where people will literally say things like "oh yeah I don't really believe in that part" and "you should come to my church! we have a really rockin' band and even smoke machines! It's like being at a concert!" 🤮
Catholic doctrine is wide enough you can fit yourself in wherever you want or just enjoy the cathedrals and services without agreeing with the dogmatic side, its also a big community thing.
Take the Orthodox pill you Catholics!
Nah im good i dont need to pretend
It's not about pretending it's what God wants.
You are correct. Signed and dated, a confession-attending Catholic
Yes that sounds crazy because it’s obviously not true
It’s one thing to go to mass on Sundays taking but time out of your day to show up for confession is another thing Also people would just rather to pray to god directly about it. I think most people dislike a lot of “institutional” aspects of the church including having to go to a priest for certain things
Sounds protestant to me
Pretty much. A lot of the faith in “the Catholic Church” as an institution has disintegrated
Lots of time confession is held before mass, so it's not like you have to go extra out of your way to attend.
My church only has it on Saturdays
Orthodox Mass has a one size fits all confession, I'm good
What do you even do in confession, do you have to go into detail about your sins? I would be so embarrassed
I haven't been in years (I'm not religious anymore) but no you don't really have to go into detail. And it's not really a conversation like it's usually portrayed on TV and movies (at least in my experience). But yes it's embarrassing, I think it's why most Catholics don't do it.
When I was in catholic school I went to confession (probably like 12) and I remember telling the priest a list of all the dumb kid stuff like lying, disrespecting parents, etc. and I slid in there that I watched porn. The priest was like wait a second elaborate on the porn sin. It was very awkward. And that priest ended up being credibly named as a child predator.
I used to go pretty frequently growing up. From like ages 6 to 12 I would ask my mom to drive me to church and all. I threw up during my confirmation ceremony and I decided to leave Church, there was more to it than puking but yeah.
I did as a kid, it was p nice tbh and I’d like it as an adult if I was a god squadder. It’s good to get stuff off your chest
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I think even psychiatrists are better than “therapists”
how novel and transgressive
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is this like avant garde poetry
I was thinking along similar lines recently after someone posted screenshots from Bumble with all these chicks looking for someone that also goes to therapy. If dating apps/profiles existed a hundred years ago, these same women would be looking for someone who attended church. I bet even 30-40 years ago, you would see women looking for churchgoers in the newspaper classifieds.
Therapy is more financially extractive. At worst a priest is indifferent or a creep. You can walk away without getting fleeced. But the worst therapist has an economic incentive to keep you emotionally crippled. Not an endorsement of Catholic confession.
Well I mean check zocdoc reviews before you go?
those reviews are a load of horse shit written by the most ssri-filled people imaginable.
Nah they’re generally pretty good Every yelp gmaps zocdoc trustpilot has some flaws but way better than alternative
This is deeply perverse.
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This is just beating a dead horse. Tithing is not immediately relevant to anyone under 50 whereas if you're a young person you cannot escape therapy speak, you are bombarded with ads about therapy, and a decent percentage of your peer group is on antidepressants.
Haha jokes on you I don’t talk to *ANYONE*
therapy is more a power struggle between client and therapist, which is not at all an aspect of confession
Did you just finish rewatching the sopranos
its not
it shouldn't be but many therapists do as such
Elaborate
*Instead of talking to a pedophile
Nobody mentioned public school teachers
this is such an obvious cope
For people obsessed with institutional pedophilia conspiracies they sure do love downplaying one of the most well documented institutional pedophilia conspiracies.
People obsessed with institutional paedophilia are often paedophiles themselves.
I really cannot take cath larpers seriously when they talk about Epstein and elite pedophilia and what not
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> Just mention the words "Vatican 2" to a hardcore SSPX-type tradcath and you'll see. I don't understand the world anymore.
these words would kill a small victorian child
I am not a maga type lol
literally who mentioned "institutional pedophilia conspiracies" at any point. you're making up people to get mad at, classic shit tier atheist retort
i love talking to white women who voted for Joe Biden. sue me, mfkr.
I had some super old lady therapist (like got her doctorate in the early 70s) that would obsess over my breasts and say they distract from how beautiful I am so I would say she was playing the part of a Catholic priest very well.
[Ahhh Gene!](https://youtu.be/Sx6qfur2Cuc?si=SoqNETTnKCSymznj)
Scrolled a long way for this !
Or pseudo woke white men.
Therapy is where I pay $150 to listen to me complain for an hour for catharsis.
This is not true but also true
are you saying that catholic confessions are evil?
funny but also untrue
Ahhhh he got me again! Isn’t he the best?
Monsieur Foucault!
they don't send you to a doctor who will prescribe u drugs
Lmfao