What they did tell me was that I'd recognize it as soon as I did it. I thought about that a lot. My picture had God waiting just around the corner so he could put his leg out and trip me on purpose. I did not know about a truly loving God until I was almost 30 years old. It is this universalist belief that birthed unconditional love back when the Earth was new and we were so young upon her.
All sins are mistakes.
The Fundamentalists and Evangelicals argue and also agree on that. But, all mistakes are not sins. That last sentence does not get much play in the upbringing of children in strict religious families. There is not a lot of space to err. This is how they learn to not try anything new.