Confession: Does it Cleanse or Entice Sin?

Knowing the weight that wrongdoing carries on a single spirit has resulted in religion manipulating and taking advantage of those it has defined as its subjects. In this practice, there has been a strong practice of showing no regard for one’s own history and self-evolution. In this context, to confess wrongdoing or a dark secret to another human being who the confessor likely doesn’t know, who will not present a solution for change or betterment, and who cannot himself affect change in your life, brings question to the value of the practice of confession in the “dark box.” Have you considered consulting with the mothers and fathers in your familial lines that are directly responsible for your life and your becoming?