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Irishmom2
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Perhaps, but the Church does not require adults to confess their sins to anyone except a priest.
Is it a sin if your parents force you to tell them your sins that you confessed during confession?
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OKComputer
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No, that’s actually appalling of them to ask. They aren’t your priest. Or your God.
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Sarcelle
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It’s not okay.
If I were you I’d tell them to focus on their own sins instead.
Are your parents aware of the seal of confession?
If I were you I’d tell them to focus on their own sins instead.
Are your parents aware of the seal of confession?
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Sarcelle
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I know.
However I get why the OPs parents are acting that way.
The individual counts for nothing in Asia.
However I get why the OPs parents are acting that way.
The individual counts for nothing in Asia.
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F_Marturana
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Your parents have no business asking you.
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Allyson
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You are under no obligation to obey your parents in this matter because you are an adult. There is no sin in telling them that you do not have to share with them. It defeats the who point of the seal of confession anyway.
It is also toxic, controlling, and abusive, so you need to do what is going to be safest for you as long as you have to live with them. What do they do with the information? Do they use it against you in anyway?
It is also toxic, controlling, and abusive, so you need to do what is going to be safest for you as long as you have to live with them. What do they do with the information? Do they use it against you in anyway?
Without getting too specific, I can only say that yes, there are families who are that overbearing.
I don’t know if it’s so much a sin, as it is extremely crude and presumptuous. There are families where every member’s words and actions are constantly under scrutiny by everyone else in the family. They think it is love, caring, concern, and desire to help each other and “have each other’s back”. Very often it morphs into something else entirely.
If possible, the easy way to avoid this, would be just to go to confession without anyone else knowing, and never mention the subject. I don’t know if this is possible for you.
I don’t know if it’s so much a sin, as it is extremely crude and presumptuous. There are families where every member’s words and actions are constantly under scrutiny by everyone else in the family. They think it is love, caring, concern, and desire to help each other and “have each other’s back”. Very often it morphs into something else entirely.
If possible, the easy way to avoid this, would be just to go to confession without anyone else knowing, and never mention the subject. I don’t know if this is possible for you.
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mdgspencer
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Can you just try saying nothing when they ask you to tell them?
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Bagpuss70
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I don’t think it’s any of their business. It’s between you, the priest and God. My thoughts are they could be trying to check you are doing it properly. But also if you tell them are they then going to punish you when you tell them you’ve done something bad that they didn’t know about.
Ask them to go first and tell you what sins they confessed. I think they are wrong in asking you.
Ask them to go first and tell you what sins they confessed. I think they are wrong in asking you.
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