Stealing the soda was not an issue for him before being caught. In fact, it was still not the issue after being caught. As strange as it might sound to Westerners, it was more dishonorable for him to be called out by a minimum-wage employee than to be caught stealing soda.
Adam & Eves shame was their nakedness, and being caught naked by God, not their disobedience and in eating the apple (Genesis 3). and
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Cain's remorse was due to his punishment of being being cast out of Eden, not the murder of his brother. (Genesis 4:8-16).and
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Cain's descendant Lamach boasted in his sin (Genesis 4:23-24)and
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Could my outrage at their callousness toward their sin be b/c i have been reading this thru western guilt-innocence eyes? But all thru the Bible, we are called to repent of our sin, while eastern honor-shame cultures apparently try to get away with it. The Gospel is counter-cultural from the beginning.
