Adam and Eve had an increased awareness after their sin. That's their version of swallowing the Red Pill. Once you have increased awareness, you can't go back in the past with current awareness.

They lost their innocence after they sinned. Shame entered the world as a result. They had to live with their SHAME until Jesus came and provided another pathway to God. Jesus has taken away our sin, but we are still programmed to take on SHAME.

We need to update our operating system. We are still operating under the OT programming. Anyone who figured out this new program software and who lived after Jesus, the church figured out a way to kill them all. Martin Luther and the whole lot of them.

When will people start to upload the new program? Maybe they won't. The church has a vested interest in controlling people. Even with some of the things I have posted on here...some people have questioned my intent and have implied that I wasn't condemning enough in my posts. And so people are still looking for condemnation verbiage in my delivery before they feel like they can get on board with my viewpoint.

In some of my posts you can see that play out in the comment sections. It's really hard for people to buy into some of my views until they get an explicit statement of condemnation from me on certain topics. It's not my job to serve as a judge and jury. My job is to help people find Jesus. My job is not to beat them with SHAME all the way to the altar.

I have no hard feelings about all of it. People can only operate at their highest level of awareness. And for most people, their level of operating awareness is at the judgment level. That's what we are taught in churches and schools and society. It's programmed into us at an early age.

All I am saying here is that we forgot to update to the newest operating system after Jesus died on the cross for our sins. The Holy Spirit is fully capable of pricking our conscience when we do wrong. I don't need to bring SHAME into the equation.

Jesus took care of the part of the equation that deals with SIN. It's our job to take care of the SHAME part.

Yes, we are to go to a brother and confront their wrongdoing. I get all that. The problem is that most folks have never learned how to do that with a non-judgmental attitude. I don't need to judge anyone. The Holy Spirit can handle that, thank you very much. I am still working on all of it too.

So we still have elder tribunals and all that in our world today. And the cycle continues.

This Reddit has been a blessing for me to work with all of you who happen to be here.

I am just a guy out here in my little corner of the world trying to reach people.

Thanks for all the comments.

Joe Mak PMC Member