Roman Catholic tradition changes slowly and is different from Protestantism.
While Roman Catholics ask God to forgive them the Protestants say this: we do our part, and God will do His! God unfortunately is a male in Christianity, no chance for a woman God. The Jews, and what followed, were patriarchal societies so what’s new? Women even today have got the right to vote but are struggling hard to get equal rights in the Roman Catholic Church. Slow progress for a long history of 2200 years. Most women don’t like ribs, and men should know why! In an interesting movie I heard a character say: the Devil made me do it. We need to take responsibility for our wrong actions, and not make the Devil responsible for all our wrongdoing. Otherwise belief in God or not we will continue as a psychological wreck. Not God or asking for forgiveness will liberate us from our psychological hell on earth, only a feeling of deep remorse. The Protestant religion shows us a more mature psychology as they do not run away from individual responsibility. We need to ask the people we harm for forgiveness, and not only God which is easy. Otherwise we might sing: the Devil made me do it!
