Confession Vs Society

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There was saying that was continually repeated to me throughout my childhood within educational and religious institutions I had attended, “Confession is good for the soul” they would say its sets you free mentally and spiritually. Confession is seen as a way to relieve the burden of guilt that binds us in fear of the consequences that someone will figure it what we did resulting in judgement and possibly betrayal. Our consciousness brings about the platform of turning ourselves in through confession, showing that we have been conditionally disciplined in traditional morals and rules presented in society. In this paper I will argue how we are our members of a confessing society in a natural sense and in the use of technology though disciplinary

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