But the stain on his neshamah remains.
And guess what? That applies to *every* sin.
I’ve done things that I regret my life. Things I regret very deeply. In those cases, I have long since apologized and the people involved have forgiven me many, many years ago. I have long done teshuva for those sins. And you know what? It still affects me to this day. I *still* think about the things I’ve done to them and feel guilty about it whenever it comes to mind. In other words, while the slate may (or may not) be clean in Heaven, *I* still feel it — because it means something to me all these years later.
If you commit any sin — it doesn’t matter which one — eat treif, commit murder, wear sha’atenz, insult a fellow human being, steal, not hear the megillah on Purim — take your pick — if that mitzvah truly means enough to you, you may never truly get over it. Your soul may always be burdened with the guilt of what you’ve done — even if God Himself has wiped it clean off of His books.
So, unless you’re a perfect human being who never sins, or unless sins mean so little to you that you can simply forget them, you’re argument regarding the internet is pointless — it applies to any and all sins.
The Wolf