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THE BLIND HAVE NO SINThose of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “We are not blind too, are we?” Jesus said to them, “

And old Indian asked a missionary, If you had not told me these things were wrong, they would not be sins?That's right, said the missionary.

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Unfortunately (for those who might seek a loophole), there is still the law in our hearts that Romans speaks of. It is the law for those without the law.It may not be SIN in the most literal sense, but God punished Cain even though there was no law then.

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Had a law regarding murder been given to Cain

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Agreed that he did not get the eye for an eye punishment. However, I'm reading cursed from the ground not as cursed BY the ground but essentially as cursed with respect to your interaction with the ground. NIV reads this way:Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.Cain's response shows him to understand the punishment as being from God: