[VoIP] VoIP confessional (a dopey idea)

[John Novack]

But what do us devout Atheists do?

We have no guilt!

John Novack


John R. Covert wrote:
> http://www.venials.com available on CNET at 1-263-0666.
>
> Great news for sinners nationwide with VOIP!!! Take the pressure out of
> confession by logging on to Venials.com - Designed to help unburden guilty
> feelings by allowing you to anonymously make your confessions. This is how
> it works - call up for free from your VOIP line, make your confession and
> unburden your shoulders. Anybody can visit the site, listen to your sin
> and vote you "pardoned" or "punished". Instead of one person playing judge
> and jury to your fate, Venials.com allows you to voice out your sins to
> the mass of everyday sinners just like you - Because lets face it nobody's
> perfect!
>
> -----
>
> So when you go to the website, you get to hear the individual confessions,
> then vote to pardon or punish.  Pretty dopey, especially since, at the
> moment, the first one is "I spilt milk on my dad's leather jacket" which is
> running 111 to 102 in the "punish" camp.  And besides, it's theologically
> unsound, because venial sins are (theologically) pardoned with a generally
> mild but instructive "punishment".  It's only mortal sins, left unrepented,
> that are punished with the "hellfire" symbol that appears on the site.
>
> /john
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