But now Sin....

Back when I was a mere boy, and my Innate Virtue was being assaulted by a concerted effort, on the part of the Powers that were, to convert me to Christianity, I clearly saw that the greatest weaknesses,  among the several fraudulent ploys advanced against me to that end, were the concept of Sin (my own supposed sins) and the absurdly frivolous and cowardly notion that, rather than atone for my sins, or compensate for them, I might wish, by some divine agency, it was vilely suggested, to be absolved of them or "saved" from them.  No, and no, and again no.  The difference between me as an eleven-year-old and the Apostle Paul was that I hadn't been instrumental in anybody's murder, nor promised anybody that I'd be faithful to her only.