No I don´t think so because Protestantists also confess their sins they just do it to one another as the premise of protestantism is that every believer is equal there are just different offices a pastor isn´t closer more sanctified or holy than a lay person. It therefore asks more of the lay people since they are all priests in Protestantism since Protestantists believe in the priesthood of all believers.
It´s not better or worse the premise of looking at the Church is just different.
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They DON'T? Yeah, thar is indeed very strange. Protestants are weird
I'm with @Hispanic-Cool-Guy , confessing to a priest is not Biblical. I assume you are talking about Catholics? Here is where Catholics and Christians differ. So Christens don't need an earthly middleman, they can take it straight to the top man - Jesus Christ, as He is the only mediator between God and man. 1Timothy 2:5 - "For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus."
But Catholic priests can't get married. If they could, then they could "confess" to their wives, couldn't they?
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Some Protestant groups have something similar in "the mourner's bench", where right before services are through, they come up to the front, & tell the preacher that they've backslidden. They may not confess any particular type of sin, but general backsliding. Then the preacher asks the congregation to pray for that person.
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You should have posted this as a poll, and separated answers for Catholics, Christians, and non-Christians.
We do. To the Ultimate Priest. Jesus Christ; G0d incarnate.
You mean an artificial intermediary between us and God’s forgiveness and grace?
The whole thing is completely silly, and I thank God I’m not a Catholic.
No. As they prefer to confess before a court instead.
That isn't Biblical. Priest have no authority by God to forgive sins and besides the fact its not of their damn business what one did.
No. We confess to God. The priests are also sinners just like us
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