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I hope I made it clear that all errors, mistakes, things done wrong either deliberately or accidentally, can be placed - metaphorically of course - on a line ranging from the very, very worst of crimes to the very lightest of mistakes.

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On your metaphorical line, what is the difference between a crime and a mistake? Where is the demarcation separating a crime from a mistake lie? If there is a distinction to be be made between a crime and a mistake, what would you personally consider differentiates a crime from a sin (or for that matter, is there any distinction to be made between a deliberate mistake from a premeditated misdeed? Could or would either be considered/classified as a crime? Is it possible (however implausible it may seem) that a mistake might still be classified as a crime, to oneself even if not to another? Which would be most worse (an accidental crime or a deliberate wrong)?

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What do you think is the difference between calling something a sin or not calling it a sin?

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Definition. Recognition (cognizance, discernment). Honesty with/to self.

Romans 2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
Romans 2:12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
Romans 2:13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
Romans 2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
Romans 2:15 Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

This appears to define 'sin' and 'breaking the law' as one and the same thing, making no distinction between crime, error, or mistake.

In today's terminology this would be applicable to the aphorism law students learn in their very first weeks of criminal law: Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

Whether Susan agrees or disagrees would make no difference in a court of law in the U.S. for the SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) both recognizes and has upheld this maxim.
('https://blogs.findlaw.com/decided/2010/04/ussc-ignorance-of-the-law-is-no-excuse.html')