JH, I believe that sin is a religous expansion of the social concepts of right and wrong. Somehow it was not deemed enough to simply have societal norms that evolved to become rules of conduct. Someone decided that such rules had to be reinforced by naming them as the laws of a deity and by imposing a hypothetical punishment, (called "hell" by some,) by said deity. I really think this was overkill. Our various societies have developed plenty of ways of enforcing reasonable behavior (except that of politicians!) thus precluding the need for the concept of sin. I sincerely doubt that a fear of sinning has any more effect on criminal behavior, such as you list, than any laws (rules of society) might have. Naturally, there is no documentation to substantiate my doubt or even contradictions to it. It is merely the way I see it.