"shame-based conscience may sound like the voice of God and condemn us when there is no condemnation"

According to this illuminating blog, the shame-based "conscience" is often a result of learned conditioning based on one's background, upbringing, culture and so on, in which one is exposed to conservative views of family, schools, churches and society. Unfortunately organised religion sometimes propagate the erroneous idea that the "conscience "is the voice of god condemning us when actually there is no condemnation. The gospel of grace and peace hence plays a part in liberating people from this crippling sense of shame and guilt by declaring we are already innocent, blameless, beloved and whole. Our true identity of innate perfection never changes regardless of our performance. This is good news for everyone indeed.

Sin is just a religious concept

Sin is just a religious concept. The reason people come up with the idea of "sin" is because they attach certain ideals and moral values to their own religion (whether be it christianity or judaism or islam, etc). The moment they do that, they become aware that they fall short of their own ideals or standards, which they attribute as "sin".

Thus, the very attempt to meet a certain criterion that they created in their own religion condemns them to failure because of their sheer humanness. After all, who can consistently keep doing "right" or thinking "right" or believing "right" every second, every minute, every hour? But oh, they keep on trying, thinking that one day they might become righteous or remain righteous. Some may think they have arrived. Some may think they may never arrive. So, who is right and who is wrong?

My answer is: Be done away with religion, and there will be no need for any self-imposed condemnation when one thinks one fails to meet the criteria, nor will there be any self-exaltation when one thinks one manages to meet the criteria, nor will there be any sense of condescension towards others when one thinks others have not managed to perform as well as one does. Without religion, there will be no sin issue. The only thing left is our identity as Love and Perfection, which remains unchanged regardless of our actions or belief systems.