All sin is ignorance. All people choose what they perceive to be the good, but their perceptions are distorted by ignorance. So out of ignorance, they "sin" and do what is counter to where they actually want to go.
It's true that there is actually no "sin" and it is just a label -- there are only choices and consequences, both seen and unseen, physical and nonphysical. But for convenience's sake, if we accept that human beings naturally want to gravitate towards Love, then all actions that run counter towards the evolution of consciousness towards Love can be labeled "sin".
However, this is highly situational and contextual, depending on many factors including intention, karma, the individual, the circumstances, etc. For example, when defending yourself and your family you end up killing an intruder, that is actually the most loving act you could have done, and so it isn't a "sin" per se. Same concept as triage -- it is out of respect and reverence for human life that triage is taken, by choosing the lesser of two evils. People often take these things out of context and judge actions in comparison to some perfect idealistic hypothetical reality, but it has no actual basis in Reality.
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