Confessing
Description
Reciting transgressions publically or privately, either ritualistically or spontaneously.
Implementation
This custom is practised in numerous cultures in many diverse forms, from the positive enumeration of one's faults, as in the People's Republic of China and the Roman Catholic Church, to the ancient Egyptian practice of denying those sins not committed, out of a fixed canon of sins.
Claim
Confession is an emotional cathartic and when done with earnest contrition is a reinforcement to ethical behaviour.
Counter-claim
Confession is an institution invented by cults and ideological movements in order to gain control over an individual.
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Metadata
Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Content quality
Yet to rate
Language
English
Last update
Dec 3, 2024