I agree that in both cases the designation as sin is dependent on the consequences because volition or choice necessitates a causal relationship. As much as I’d prefer not to use this particular example,Cain wasn’t told not to kill able, true. If we assume God did not want him to kill his brother, then it was sinful. If we say sin is based on having rules to follow or knowledge then Cain didn’t sin. I disagree with the latter and I don’t see where it is logically inconsistent or problematic.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
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