Sin is a matter of ones personal conscience.
Yes it is startling. But I come from a period where I
have taken scripture literally, as a good fundamentalist
should. It was Henry Morris from the Creation
Research Institute who taught his followers to aceept
the simplest reading of any passage as the base message
and then allow other versions to explain more.
As a result, taking scripture literally as a Fundamentalist,
has moved me into a catagory of being socially progressive.
2 Peter 2:21
It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and turned away from the holy commandment passed on to them.
James 4:17
16 As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil. 17
Therefore, whoever knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
John 9:41
"If you were blind," Jesus replied, "you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains."
“Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.” Matthew 7:1-2
So, as you can read, Sin is a matter of ones personal conscience.
Yes it is startling.