Monday, March 24, 2008

"It's a...it's a...it's a...it's a sin!"

So whilst blog-stalking (one of my favorite activities) I stumbled upon an online Confessional. Now, I'm not nor have I ever been Catholic but I recognize the ramifications of sin and the need for confession and repentance. Personally, I like to "take it to J.C." but in case any of you out there have sins to confess, hop on over to the old online confessional: www.absolution-online.com/confessional. I visited the site and confessed of pretty much every sin I've ever committed or considered committing (thank goodness I'm not Catholic! I sinned sins I didn't even know were sins! i.e. "glancing at an expensive car." I'm not worthy!). Sins are categorized by "Ten Commandments", "7 Deadly Sins", "Internal Sins", "Physical Sins" and "General Sins" with a classification system within each sin. For example, one of the sins I confessed to was "gluttony" and the classification system is described as follows:
A.Taking more for oneself, knowingly denying others of a true need
B. Very Serious
C. Serious
D. Minor or Accidental
E. Taking an extra slice of pie
I visited this section more than once--once for a Class A (Because I'm pretty sure that eating an entire package of Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs by myself (and on the sly when Jack isn't looking) qualifies. I confessed to a class D because I'm sure that more than once I've realized I've polished off an entire bag of Chex Mix and thought, "Holy crap! (Does that qualify as blasphemy? If so, I'm going to have to go back to the site!) did I seriously eat all of that by myself??" and I went ahead and confessed a few times to a class E--and that was a CONSERVATIVE guess!!
Anyway, as it turns out my penance is as follows:
Recite 1155 Hail Marys and 52 Our Fathers (I'm not sure what exactly this entails, but it sounds like quite a lengthy process!)
I also should fast for 4 weeks. Maybe I should add another week onto that for good measure (and to alleviate the consequences of that package of Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs! Anyway, happy confessing!!

3 smart remarks:

Jenni said...

Did you read that sweet disclaimer? Yeah, I think you're pretty much screwed...

Joey/Denny/Emma said...

I actually heard in church the other day that one of the GA's had counted up all the commandments we're supposed to keep and it came to 113. It sounded oddly Catholic to me, and I hope I never see the list.

Belated happy birthday to you...and sorry about the sucky day after.

Lees Everything Homemade said...

I am so glad to know I have the ease of the internet in taking care of my many pleasurable sins, like sleeping in and wasting half my day on blogs. This world of ours just gets more and more convenient!