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Originally Posted by vermicious knid
You don't think telling that story to a child would petrify him and change the way his mind works? And not just a story, but something presented as an actual occurance? Surely children can do without the thought that at any moment they could be transported to hell to burn for eternity. . . unless you're a good boy. That is sick.
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That would be sick if your description had anything to do with the story that was told. The story was about failing to confess, not sinning. We are all sinners, but the soul that does not release shame, guilt, sin, hurt to a forgiving and loving God will, indeed, remain in torment--a torment rather vividly dramatized in the priest's tale.