I was raised Catholic but just couldn't understand the whole Confession thing when I became old enough to go. My catechism teacher and I had the following discussion.
Me: So I tell the priest what I did, he gives me a penance, and I'm forgiven?
Teacher: Yes
Me: But God already knows what I did, right?
Teacher: Yes
Me: So if I wasn't REALLY sorry for what I did, God would know, right?
Teacher: Yes
Me: But the priest wouldn't know if I wasn't sorry at all, would he?
Teacher: No, he wouldn't.
Me: So if the priest doesn't know if I'm sorry or not but God does, then how am I forgiven just for saying 3 Hail Mary's?
Teacher: Go sit down.
A childhood belief about church
others believed things like this
- When I was in kindergarten, I used to believe that they locked the teacher's in the teacher's lounge at night.Anon
- I used to believe that the priest was God because everytime a child cried, he wouldn't be talking.Anon
- I used to think that if you were the teacher's pet, you would turn into a hamster.Anon
- I used to belive that my teacher was a alien unfortunately this was true mum and said. — peter
- I used to think my elementary school gym teacher's name was "Jim Class".— Brandon Campbell
- I used to believe that the teacher's lounge was where the teachers went to make out.— Julia