BREAKING: A petition has been submitted to the Polish parliament to ban confession in any religion for people under 18. It states that confession is a form of psychological abuse. It was pointed out that an adult stranger has no right to interrogate a child alone without the supervision of guardians - ThreadSky

niezabitowski.com • 73 days ago

BREAKING: A petition has been submitted to the Polish parliament to ban confession in any religion for people under 18. It states that confession is a form of psychological abuse. It was pointed out that an adult stranger has no right to interrogate a child alone without the supervision of guardians

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rick-lebeau.bsky.social•69 days ago

Only a couple thousand years too late, but it's a start. I remember sitting through those interrogations in a confessional as a child whose parents wanted to raise us as Catholics. Just one of the many abusive, superstitious practices that drove me from religion. Took decades to recover.

casey60.bsky.social•43 days ago

Six years of Catholic school, 6 days a week going to church. It was grade 1-6. What could I confess to? No option to confess to the sins of my father, who routinely gave my mother black eyes, smacked me every night at the dinner table & took out his stress on me with a belt on a bare bottom. Atheist

basilkey.bsky.social•73 days ago

I have never confessed, but religion messed me up as a kid. So, I agree 100%.

codepocalypse.com•63 days ago

This is wrong.

savingdemocracy101.bsky.social•42 days ago

Religion, root of all evil. Period.

niezabitowski.com•42 days ago

I agree.

sjarmybrat.bsky.social•63 days ago

Wow right?? I had to make stuff up b/c it was pretty stupid but I always said my penance prayers looking around for the older sibling I always prayed for.

eewag1.bsky.social•71 days ago

I personally am agnostic but I don't agree with this, since not every cleric is untrustworthy and confession can be and is actually comforting for many religious kids. However I do agree we desperately need better discipline for the ones who do indeed do these unspeakable things to children

anonsnark.bsky.social•69 days ago

sky-loyal.bsky.social•69 days ago

very interesting

pacificpinespaul.bsky.social•69 days ago

As a young boy in a catholic school we were made to do confession each Friday. I virtually made stuff up to ‘confess’ to.

kharpe.bsky.social•66 days ago

Nice.

mlpqlm.bsky.social•71 days ago

I remember going to confession as a child and _making up_ sins to confess. I couldn't think of anything I'd done that I felt was so horrendous as to be considered a sin, so I lied.

A sin-ception of sorts.

pako334.bsky.social•72 days ago

Good. It's all BS

anneski8.bsky.social•73 days ago

Wow! I couldn't agree more. I was absolutely traumatized by going to confession as a kid.

paulinadgently74.bsky.social•56 days ago

It was the worst experience of my childhood. Whenever we were told we had to confess our sins, I'd almost fainted. I'm pretty sure a lot of anxiety I suffer from now stems from those "private chats." I felt relieved when I left the church.

niezabitowski.com•56 days ago

Me too. I was traumatized. It was the most horrible experience I can remember.

niezabitowski.com•73 days ago

Yes, me too! Horrible experience!

anakarina57.bsky.social•73 days ago

Trump and Musk are as ugly as hell!

harshreality13.bsky.social•72 days ago

Bless me Father …..for all the guilt you will bestow on me for the next several decades or so

How many times can you have impure thoughts about your 6th grade Social Studies teacher Mrs Keithly

fu-elon.bsky.social•72 days ago

Hope that passes. So many pedophile priests.

l8tleft.bsky.social•11 days ago

according to a personal survey, more catholics have lost their faith as youngsters in a confessional than out at the skating rink or wherever

oogieboogeyman.bsky.social•56 days ago

Interesting to see government trying to interfere with religion.
I think that that's called 'fair play'

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