What I think about animal sacrifices and where I think I am going on this topic

I have often thought that in the past that perhaps there were some sins in my life that I could not fully atone from in this day and age since we no longer are afforded the offering of animal sacrifices at the Temple. 
I must say that I have learned over the last year or so that this is in fact, not true.
I am one that firmly believes in charity and if one has a particular sin of his past or error of some kind, one can effectively remove the sin completely over time through tschuvah, prayer and charity.   That said, this is clearly the Jewish perspective, but I must say that the pillar of charity is not emphasized enough and effectively I say can indeed be compared to the effect of the animal sacrifices in old Jerusalem.
The reason is this.  Today we have charities.
I personally have a wonder if the reason we do not have a temple is also because our Creator no longer wishes our atonement to come via sacrifice of beasts.
That said, I must say that the modern age advent of charity was not present in biblical days and perhaps it was animal sacrifice that was of the reciprocal of toady's Charity's effect on the Jewish soul.

I can say that with this in mind, I can not be sure if we are really to have a Third Temple.  Only our Creator can know if this is to be.  Perhaps this exile of the modern era is not to be a return to our origins.  I do not know.  We certainly pray for a return from exile, but I have suggested that return from exile in this modern era involves not a return to an established way of life in our Homeland but rather it means a return from the exile of our years to being Torah Observant.   We must pray for our people to be observant and keep the Commandments.