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Confessional
| December 2nd, 2019 at 10:42:25 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 | FrGamble, do you ever go to the prisons, or is that a specific position? You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| December 2nd, 2019 at 11:04:10 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Are you kidding me with this? It all sounds like BS contrition to me. Nobody is ever really sorry for anything they've done. Oh, they're sorry they got caught, sorry they have to say they're sorry. But they don't really feel sorry. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| December 2nd, 2019 at 1:54:31 PM permalink | |
| FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | Bob, I don't think you are human if you believe that. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
| December 2nd, 2019 at 1:55:07 PM permalink | |
| FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
It is a specific position, but I do go on occasion. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
| December 2nd, 2019 at 3:41:27 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18209 |
Sounds like most of us will be in the middle. The President is a fink. |
| December 2nd, 2019 at 3:53:02 PM permalink | |
| Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 |
Not everyone is a sociopath. Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |
| December 2nd, 2019 at 4:29:18 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
I've seldom see anyone actually say they're sorry for what they did. They're sorry you're upset, they're sorry it didn't work out, they're sorry you took what they said the wrong way. But actual contrition, actual feelings of 'I did wrong and I'm so sorry', I just don't see that. They mostly are trying to smooth things over with empty words. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| December 2nd, 2019 at 4:34:40 PM permalink | |
| SOOPOO Member since: Feb 19, 2014 Threads: 22 Posts: 4174 |
Generally agree. There are probably rare examples of contrition, but that is what they are, rare. I once called someone stupid and was asked to say "sorry". I reluctantly did. "I am sorry you are stupid"....... |
| December 2nd, 2019 at 7:06:27 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
People don't like being wrong, and like even less apologizing for it. I love how the Church has it broken down into different levels of contrition, like they're ever going to to see real true contrition more than a couple times during their entire careers as priests. Charleston Heston said the secret to a long marriage is learning fake contrition and using it on your wife dozens of times a day. Be sorry for everything, frequently. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| December 3rd, 2019 at 3:38:11 AM permalink | |
| FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | It is true that people don't like being wrong. However, give someone a space where they know they will not be judged, where they will be reminded of their worth, where they will be loved no matter what they have done, and a place of absolute confidentiality and believe me you will hear true contrition all the time. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |