Re: Note to spaminator101
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Can you cite some catholic sources?
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On this forum I'm it.
If that's not enough for you then an excerpt from the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
"1490 The movement of return to God, called conversion and repentance, entails sorrow for and abhorrence of sins committed, and the firm purpose of sinning no more in the future. Conversion touches the past and the future and is nourished by hope in God's mercy.
1492 Repentance (also called contrition) must be inspired by motives that arise from faith. If repentance arises from love of charity for God, it is called "perfect" contrition; if it is founded on other motives, it is called "imperfect."
Thus if you are merely "acting" you are not truly repentent and your motives certainly do not arise from faith and neither do you have a purpose to sin no more. Thus you will not really obtain absolution from God by lying to the priest. What is your problem here? Do you really think you can fool God?
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