Sins
This is a true story.
The year was 1947. The world was still healing from its wounds left by the World War II. In a remote village in the country side of North Carolina, an 83-year old man lies down on a hospital bed. He is four days away from dying. A kind nurse is looking after the old man. He’s a man of few words, but that day he wanted to talk. “I have something to confess – I need to say this to someone before I die”. The nurse listened. “I am a man with no sins”. “I believe in you”, says the inattentive nurse. “Listen to me!”, his expression changing rapidly to anger and desperate, “I never committed a single sin in my entire life! This was the whole reason of my life!!”. The nurse decides to listen closely to what the man had to say. His story would deeply astonish the young lady.
He went on to describe his life. When he was 10, his parents, who were actively involved with the Catholic Church, had a long conversation with him. They explained that the young man was gifted with purity, and preserving that gift ought to be the most important thing of his life. A life with no sins. Never, in any plausible or conceivable way. A life were obeying the 10 amendments was not only mandatory – it was vital. The boy was trained by his parents and local church members (priests and volunteers) to avoid committing any sin at any cost. Every day he would have a conversation with his father in the morning about how he should go about living that day sin-free. At 5pm, he would talk to a priest or minister who would double check that the little boy was living according the rules. Day in, day out, the routine would be the same: long prays, conversations about how to keep the mind free from “bad” thoughts, and chats with a priest. Every day, for 73 years. He got married when he was 21. He had 3 children, but the routine remained the same. Priests would change over the time, but not his routine. Even after his parents passed away, a group of church members took over the duties of his parents. After all, he was gifted. He never committed a single sin. He only had sex eight times in his whole life. Always with his wife. Always aiming the conception of a child. He never lied. Never. He worked as a salesman of custom bags for 42 years. He was a mediocre salesman, but his parents left him enough money so he could provide a decent life to his family. He would go thru moments of depression, for which psychologists (volunteers from the church) would be there to always help him out. He never had a bad feeling about anyone – he never developed hate. He did not know what was to hate something or somebody.
The young nurse listened careful to that story, and it would mark her life forever. Many years later, her grandson would also be fascinated for that story. He ended up joining the church in 1995 at the age of 22. Inside the catholic realm, the young priest developed an intricate network of friendship, and thru that network he got in touch with somebody who knew that old man. He actually knew much more than that.
Apparently the church had sponsored a research codenamed “Pure Stone”. It consisted of investigating the effects of unquestionable, rigorous obedience to the catholic amendments by normal individuals. It was carried out over a time span of more than 300 years, where about 1,000 families were selected to participate in the program. Needless to say, the entire research was as secret as the most hidden secrets kept by the church. Families who agreed to adhere to this program would have one of their children trained to be “free of sins” for his/her entire life. In retribution, the church would cover any financial expense –anything, from the day the program started ‘till the child’s death. Apparently over 900 million dollars was spent in the project. A final dossier was written with the results of the research. When Pope Paul VI (1963-78) reviewed the results of the project, he was shocked. It is unknown what the results were, but it was ordered the immediate destruction of any material related to project Pure Store. It is believed that only a handful of people still know the contents of that dossier inside the church today. Unfortunately the young priest died suddenly from a fatal heart disease at the early age of 27. He left no written document about how he obtained most of this information. I’ll refrain from passing along how this information reached my ears. I also could not find any information on the web about project Pure Stone.
The year was 1947. The world was still healing from its wounds left by the World War II. In a remote village in the country side of North Carolina, an 83-year old man lies down on a hospital bed. He is four days away from dying. A kind nurse is looking after the old man. He’s a man of few words, but that day he wanted to talk. “I have something to confess – I need to say this to someone before I die”. The nurse listened. “I am a man with no sins”. “I believe in you”, says the inattentive nurse. “Listen to me!”, his expression changing rapidly to anger and desperate, “I never committed a single sin in my entire life! This was the whole reason of my life!!”. The nurse decides to listen closely to what the man had to say. His story would deeply astonish the young lady.
He went on to describe his life. When he was 10, his parents, who were actively involved with the Catholic Church, had a long conversation with him. They explained that the young man was gifted with purity, and preserving that gift ought to be the most important thing of his life. A life with no sins. Never, in any plausible or conceivable way. A life were obeying the 10 amendments was not only mandatory – it was vital. The boy was trained by his parents and local church members (priests and volunteers) to avoid committing any sin at any cost. Every day he would have a conversation with his father in the morning about how he should go about living that day sin-free. At 5pm, he would talk to a priest or minister who would double check that the little boy was living according the rules. Day in, day out, the routine would be the same: long prays, conversations about how to keep the mind free from “bad” thoughts, and chats with a priest. Every day, for 73 years. He got married when he was 21. He had 3 children, but the routine remained the same. Priests would change over the time, but not his routine. Even after his parents passed away, a group of church members took over the duties of his parents. After all, he was gifted. He never committed a single sin. He only had sex eight times in his whole life. Always with his wife. Always aiming the conception of a child. He never lied. Never. He worked as a salesman of custom bags for 42 years. He was a mediocre salesman, but his parents left him enough money so he could provide a decent life to his family. He would go thru moments of depression, for which psychologists (volunteers from the church) would be there to always help him out. He never had a bad feeling about anyone – he never developed hate. He did not know what was to hate something or somebody.
The young nurse listened careful to that story, and it would mark her life forever. Many years later, her grandson would also be fascinated for that story. He ended up joining the church in 1995 at the age of 22. Inside the catholic realm, the young priest developed an intricate network of friendship, and thru that network he got in touch with somebody who knew that old man. He actually knew much more than that.
Apparently the church had sponsored a research codenamed “Pure Stone”. It consisted of investigating the effects of unquestionable, rigorous obedience to the catholic amendments by normal individuals. It was carried out over a time span of more than 300 years, where about 1,000 families were selected to participate in the program. Needless to say, the entire research was as secret as the most hidden secrets kept by the church. Families who agreed to adhere to this program would have one of their children trained to be “free of sins” for his/her entire life. In retribution, the church would cover any financial expense –anything, from the day the program started ‘till the child’s death. Apparently over 900 million dollars was spent in the project. A final dossier was written with the results of the research. When Pope Paul VI (1963-78) reviewed the results of the project, he was shocked. It is unknown what the results were, but it was ordered the immediate destruction of any material related to project Pure Store. It is believed that only a handful of people still know the contents of that dossier inside the church today. Unfortunately the young priest died suddenly from a fatal heart disease at the early age of 27. He left no written document about how he obtained most of this information. I’ll refrain from passing along how this information reached my ears. I also could not find any information on the web about project Pure Stone.
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