When was the last time you went to confession?

Akrasia · 05-04-2011 09:55AM #1

Seeing as we're a catholic nation (apparently) and confession (penance) is one of the sacraments which catholics are obliged to participate in (on pain of eternal damnation), when was the last time you went to confession?

Me personally, I think I was about 12 (and that was only because my youngest brother was doing his first confession at the time)

05-04-2011 09:57AM

I'm not a christian anymore so I was about 10

TPD · 05-04-2011 09:57AM

My last time was my first time. Couldn't think of any sins so I made some up.

Think I was about 10.

Knight who says Meh · 05-04-2011 09:58AM

Akrasia wrote: »

Seeing as we're a catholic nation (apparently) and confession (penance) is one of the sacraments which catholics are obliged to participate in (on pain of eternal damnation), when was the last time you went to confession?

Me personally, I think I was about 12 (and that was only because my youngest brother was doing his first confession at the time)

(Cold beer, large packet of Hunky Dorys) Awaiting the usual suspect with "This makes me uncomfortable" so i shall plead that it gets moved to another forum.

Oh but about 16 for me...

jokettle · 05-04-2011 09:58AM

Do you have to go before your confirmation, in the same way you go before communion? If not, then whenever the school last made me go.

upandcumming · 05-04-2011 10:00AM

According to the Census Religion thread, most people around here are atheist/agnostic, with I'd say about half them actually having a clue that either of those words mean, so all you get is "when I got First Confession." Then other lads will think that isn't cool enough so the age will get smaller and smaller.

Rabies · 05-04-2011 10:02AM

The last time would have been when I decided I didn't believe in religion. So prob about 17yrs ago. Would have been 14yrs old I think.
Even though I was made go to mass, I never took part in communion, confession or pray. Was there in body for a few years

Duggy747 · 05-04-2011 10:02AM

Last time I went to confession was in primary school when we were made to do so.

I didn't care, got me out of class for a while

JonJoeDali · 05-04-2011 10:02AM

Oh look, another lets-make-fun-of-the-Catholics troll thread.

Kadongy · 05-04-2011 10:05AM

upandcumming wrote: »

According to the Census Religion thread, most people around here are atheist/agnostic, with I'd say about half them actually having a clue that either of those words mean, so all you get is "when I got First Confession." Then other lads will think that isn't cool enough so the age will get smaller and smaller.

Never. How cool am I huh? Dont hate me because you aint me, uncool Catholic people. You confess your uncoolness

Dravokivich · 05-04-2011 10:11AM

Confession, I can't even remember the last time I had commuinion...

...not that I'm looking to get some

FatherLen · 05-04-2011 10:11AM

ha it was whenever they make you go to confession i cant remember if its during communion or confirmation but i remember one of my "sins" was not emptying the dishwasher when my mam told me to.

Dave! · 05-04-2011 10:13AM

Went in secondary school I believe... bout 15.

Asphyxia · 05-04-2011 10:15AM

Probably when I was about 11/12! I was leaving primary school at the time anyway.

super_furry · 05-04-2011 10:17AM

JonJoeDali wrote: »

Oh look, another lets-make-fun-of-the-Catholics troll thread.

Who's making fun?

Shenshen · 05-04-2011 10:19AM

I guess that must have been before my first communion... decades ago.

05-04-2011 10:19AM

JonJoeDali wrote: »

Oh look, another lets-make-fun-of-the-Catholics troll thread.

If you really think this is making fun of anybody, you need to get out more

o1s1n · 05-04-2011 10:19AM

super_furry wrote: »

Who's making fun?

Bit of a persecution complex me thinks..

Throw them to the lions!

Coriolanus · 05-04-2011 10:23AM

When I was being confirmed probably.

CrazyRabbit · 05-04-2011 10:24AM

TPD wrote: »

My last time was my first time. Couldn't think of any sins so I made some up.

Think I was about 10.

Either you're a saint, or there really is nothing to do in Donegal!

For me, it was just after my confirmation. The bishop opened my eyes to the Catholic church when he said to me "Kneel down you stupid idiot" when I went to be confirmed (I'd been in hospital, and didn't know what I had to do.)

Knight who says Meh · 05-04-2011 10:26AM

Oh look another "lets make fun of non Catholics who call them selves Catholic but don't actually do anything Catholic other than call them selves Catholic and tick the catholic box on the census form thread"
Down with this sort of thing:D

Angron · 05-04-2011 10:27AM

T'was a simple time, many moons ago! In short, don't remember.

Oh, and I'm also Atheist.

JonJoeDali · 05-04-2011 10:29AM

Knight who says Meh wrote: »

Oh look another "lets make fun of non Catholics who call them selves Catholic but don't actually do anything Catholic other than call them selves Catholic and tick the catholic box on the census form thread"
Down with this sort of thing:D

*Waits for someone to mention child abuse*

Coriolanus · 05-04-2011 10:36AM

JonJoeDali wrote: »

*Waits for someone to mention child abuse*

I think that's why they put in the partition... :pac:

JonJoeDali · 05-04-2011 10:39AM

Nevore wrote: »

I think that's why they put in the partition... :pac:

Evidently you haven't been to confession in years.

BluesBerry · 05-04-2011 10:40AM

Just before my confirmation the school brought us over to the curch

"Bless me Father for I have sinned I said a bad word to my mammy and i hit my brother"

Got 2 hail marys and 1 our father

Its a load of crap confession

Coriolanus · 05-04-2011 10:40AM

JonJoeDali wrote: »

Evidently you haven't been to confession in years.

Is it done face to face now?

old hippy · 05-04-2011 10:44AM

Was a teen when I stopped because I no longer bought into that lark. A few years later, coming down from an eventful acid trip I popped in for a confession because I thought I had opened a third eye but it was just the drugs. Fair play to the padre for giving me his time, mind.

jimthemental · 05-04-2011 10:52AM

I used to go at christmas every year but just to appease the religious parents. Then I let it all spill out and the priest went and snitched on me. Broadband is quite good in Portlaoise jail these days.

dpe · 05-04-2011 10:54AM

Never. What do I win?

jimthemental · 05-04-2011 10:55AM

dpe wrote: »

Never. What do I win?

An eternity in hell, enjoy!

When was the last time you went to confession?

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