Do i need to confess this?

[Mikey9]

I am a new member so i have some questions, do i need to confess this to my Bishop:

Sins i commited less than a week before baptism (breaking law of chasity)

Bad language

Incorrect behaviour in school (longboarding inside the school, breaking rules in schol about soft and energy drinks, throwing chewing gum at the roof and so

I do many things without thinking first.

[Just_A_Guy]

In terms of formal confession, the only thing I'd feel is absolutely necessary to confess is the LoC violation--and then, only if it happened between your baptismal interview and the baptism itself.

 

The other infractions you bring up don't necessarily require formal ecclesiastical confession in and of themselves; but your bringing them up here suggests maybe you feel your spiritual development isn't quite going in the direction you want it to go--and that's certainly something your bishop might have some good advice about.

[Quin]

Ditto JAG.

In addition... I choose which rules I break very carefully.

Whether they're breeches of etiquette (like putting my elbows on the table), societal constructs (sitting on a table, or walking outside in a bathrobe that covers more than the clothes I wear), other people's rules (including laws), my own rules, church rules, church law...

The rules I choose to break, I do so knowingly/willingly/for a good reason.

I do not (usually) repent of them.

I may periodically regret the consequences, but my judgement is USUALLY sound... So given the same situation all over again, I'd do just the same thing.

To ME, any kind of formal confession is part and parcel with repentance.

If I would do the same thing, in fact PLAN on doing the same thing, much less judge it to be the right choice: that's not repentance.

Would I admit to breaking the rule? Sure.

Confession & Truth are two totally different things.

I would only confess something I do not repant if it were something I was struggling with not doing.

As an example:

For ME, I'd throw my deck down and race to class, purposefully breaking that rule... Because it was worth it for me to not be late. I've done it before, would do it again. No confession necessary. I'm choosing to break a rule.

However:

If I didn't even KNOW I'd thrown my deck down, and kept catching myself breaking a rule on accident? Was actively trying not to break the rule?

Then I'd be in the process of repentance. Would consider confession (not every durn time, but periodic sum ups of my progress).

Some people confess every single minor wrong they've committed

I'm not in that camp... I am, instead, a proponent of personal accountability.

Church Rule, Church Law... Those I owe an explanation or admission to.

Personal Rules... I may share. It depends on whether or not I am actually struggling / it is affecting or reflecting upon my spiritual progression.

Q

[Lakumi]

is swearing against the rules in the church (I know at church but like at home and such?)

[jerome1232]

is swearing against the rules in the church (I know at church but like at home and such?)

https://www.lds.org/topics/profanity?lang=eng

tldr; yes, but it's more than that.

[Lakumi]

Then the Satori's Clover record is a bad idea lol