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Rocketgirl8097 t1_j859i69 wrote

Reply to comment by LydJaGillers in Catholic officials seek loophole in WA bills on child abuse reporting by littleblackcar

I don't know that they can think this rationally. Or they wouldn't be doing what they are doing. The confession is to "save their soul."

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Karmakazee t1_j85eyho wrote

Confession is to exert power over group members by requiring them to bare their deepest darkest secrets to an authority figure on pain of eternal damnation. Plenty of cults use the same tool. It’s shockingly effective at keeping people obedient and amenable.

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CharlieChowderButt t1_j85geuv wrote

An E-Meter can’t rape a kid. I guess at least the Scientologists have improved something.

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Karmakazee t1_j85gj5z wrote

Give them a couple thousand years to refine their techniques. I’m sure they’d get there.

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