I stole a chocolate biscuit

Asarlai · 13-02-2015 07:21PM #1

I just read this in a thread about confession, an example of the kinds of sins that people would tell in confession when they were children.

I remember trying to desperately come up with sins (until I reach puberty)

I talked back to my mam
I hit my friend with a hurley
I didn't count the cattle in the evening and one of them was left outside all night
I forgot to feed the dog

RayM · 13-02-2015 07:25PM

"Made love to a sheep"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiafi_-L644

c_man · 13-02-2015 07:26PM

"I cursed," was the weekly banker.

NotCominBack · 13-02-2015 07:27PM

Never mind you, the poor dog and cow ye little fecker

jamesbere · 13-02-2015 07:27PM

I just said the same confession all the time.

I kicked the dog

I didn't really but didn't know what else to say

Whosthis · 13-02-2015 07:27PM

Asarlai wrote: »

I just read this in a thread about confession, an example of the kinds of sins that people would tell in confession when they were children.

I remember trying to desperately come up with sins (until I reach puberty)

I talked back to my mam
I hit my friend with a hurley
I didn't count the cattle in the evening and one of them was left outside all night
I forgot to feed the dog

Forgetfulness is not a sin child.

jamesbere · 13-02-2015 07:29PM

Whosthis wrote: »

Forgetfulness is not a sin child.

Pulls down zipper

dmc17 · 13-02-2015 07:29PM

Asarlai wrote: »

I just read this in a thread about confession, an example of the kinds of sins that people would tell in confession when they were children.

I remember trying to desperately come up with sins (until I reach puberty)

I talked back to my mam
I hit my friend with a hurley
I didn't count the cattle in the evening and one of them was left outside all night
I forgot to feed the dog

The irony of it all. Technically, when you went back for your next session you should add "I made up all my last confession sins". I think most kids made them up. It was a farce.

The_Valeyard · 13-02-2015 07:29PM

jamesbere wrote: »

Pulls down zipper

Well that turned creepy very fast. Lol.

c_man · 13-02-2015 07:30PM

jamesbere wrote: »

I just said the same confession all the time.

I kicked the dog

Since there was no ISPCA calls to your house, fair play to the priest for honouring the seal of the confessional.

jamesbere · 13-02-2015 07:31PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Well that turned creepy very fast. Lol.

Ah get it out of the way early

jamesbere · 13-02-2015 07:32PM

c_man wrote: »

Since there was no ISPCA calls to your house, fair play to the priest for honouring the seal of the confessional.

Ah he was a good man

NotCominBack · 13-02-2015 07:33PM

Whosthis wrote: »

Forgetfulness is not a sin child.

I believe that is called "neglect" - a sin punishable by 7 Hail Marys, 4 our fathers, and a glory be, for good measure

Whosthis · 13-02-2015 07:35PM

NotCominBack wrote: »

I believe that is called "neglect" - a sin punishable by 7 Hail Marys, 4 our fathers, and a glory be, for good measure

Penance sorted by kneeling down for thirty seconds and claiming to have said them really fast in your head. It's Saturday morning after all and I has got cartoons to be watchin, bitches!!!!!!! (Sorry Mother Mary, not you.)

Tearin It Up · 13-02-2015 07:52PM

I should go back to confession and tell the priest I made them all up as a kid.

While I'm at it, should I tell the priest that I used to doss mass as a teenager? I was 13 and my mother would get me and only me up out of bed on a Sunday to go to mass, not any of brothers or my sister and my mother wouldnt go either!!! Only me.

Gongoozler · 13-02-2015 08:09PM

I just remembered that I used to actually say the prayers I got as penance

such a sap

Pumpkinseeds · 13-02-2015 08:14PM

It just shows how silly it is to be getting kids into confession at such a young age. I can remember sitting in the church trying to make up stuff to confess so I wouldn't be sitting in the box in silence. Kids have nothing to confess for fecks sake. High time to get rid of the whole confession/communion/confirmation nonsense and let people do their worshipping outside of school time. That way kids could make their own religious choices when they're older.

Maximus Alexander · 13-02-2015 08:19PM

Oddly enough, for someone who is fairly anti-religion, I can sorta see the merit in confession. Encouraging kids to reflect on their own actions and think about how they affect other people is no bad thing really.

13-02-2015 08:21PM

I remember confessing that I hurt my mums feelings ("I don't love you!") because I felt so bad about it. I was well under 10 I think, and I thought it was the worst sin in the world.

Just thinking about it there makes me realise I still feel bad about it.

henryporter · 13-02-2015 08:24PM

Tearin It Up wrote: »

I should go back to confession and tell the priest I made them all up as a kid.

While I'm at it, should I tell the priest that I used to doss mass as a teenager? I was 13 and my mother would get me and only me up out of bed on a Sunday to go to mass, not any of brothers or my sister and my mother wouldnt go either!!! Only me.

She must have had you measured up for the priests concubine then

Archeron · 13-02-2015 08:24PM

I never knew the prayer you said when you sat down, forgive me father I have sinned, mumble mumble mumble, it's been two weeks since my last confession.
That never set things off on the right foot.

Nabber · 13-02-2015 08:27PM

Asarlai wrote: »

I didn't count the cattle in the evening and one of them was left outside all night

I forgot to feed the dog

Did both of these with the kids. On the same night too.

Earthhorse · 13-02-2015 08:48PM

I called my brother a bad name.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 13-02-2015 11:12PM

I didn't do as my mammy/daddy told me.
I told lies.
I fought with my sister.
I cursed 3 times.

I told the same confession the three times I went to confession in my life. If I was ever forced to go again I'll tell the same 'sins'

Asarlai · 14-02-2015 02:57AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Whosthis
Forgetfulness is not a sin child.

jamesbere wrote: »

Pulls down zipper

Pulls up zipper?

jeni · 14-02-2015 08:43AM

lol made up sins and then went out and said prayers for pennince of made up sins

seventeen sheep · 14-02-2015 08:58AM

Y'see you couldn't tell him your "real" sins, or he'd think you were a little brat. So I'd make up very minor sins, be given a few Hail Marys and Our Fathers as penance, and I'd be surprised at how many I'd gotten, thinking, feck, imagine how many I'd have gotten if I'd told him the bad stuff! :eek:

My mum was the school vice principal, so she worked very closely with the parish priest. I actually remember on confession days she'd be coaching us in the car on the way there about which sins were OK to confess and which weren't. "No you can't feckin tell him that you cursed at your father when he whacked you with the wooden spoon!" :eek: "Just tell him you forgot to say thank you to your mum for helping you with your homework last night."

Such a bizarre concept really. Punishing you by making you say prayers to their god, something that they're supposed to want you to do ...

Taltos · 14-02-2015 09:09AM

Sure in the 80s I think we all did this one

Stinjy · 14-02-2015 09:10AM

Hah this brings me back.. We lived in a small enough parish (at the time) my parents were teachers and dad was involved with the church a bit, choir and what not.. I was always afraid the priests would tell my parents what I said so I made stuff up that either my parents already knew or that wasnt really bad..

mfceiling · 14-02-2015 09:22AM

It's a load of bollix forcing that pressure on a child.

My friend's little one was in a wicked way about her first confession - didn't know what to say. Crying constantly about it. Wanted to say she'd been mean to her sister (sister was 1) just so she'd have something to spout.

Horrible, horrible pressure to put on a child. All for some organised made up nonsense.

Wang King · 14-02-2015 09:26AM

I wonder what would happen if I went to confession now!
Father I've jerked off to 2 girls 1 cup
and I have homicidal tendencies towards members of the cloth.....how many hail marys will I get for that

I stole a chocolate biscuit

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