Though humans used to do acts that deserve punishment, they are not treated as sins or as crimes against God. Every human action is said to be divinely motivated. This wrong teaching is also found in Mahabharata though it contains some good teachings too. For example, in the 12th part, it is said that just as the blame related to cutting a tree falls not on the ax but on the man who handled it, the effect of errors that are committed by individual souls shall rest on none other than the God Himself. In the same manner, Vivekananda while addressing a religious conference at Chicago emphasized that there was no greater sin than to call man a sinner.
Common people appeal against the offenses of others and admit themselves as sinners.
The popular Hindu devotees like Manickavasaka and Ramanuja had admitted that they were sinners. Moreover, according to the doctrine of karma, Hindus acknowledge that the fruits of sin are not less. The teaching on sin is also poor in Islam. In this religion, Mohammed taught that God was like a king who ruled according to his will and that sin was a crime against his will. Mohammed said that he did not consider sins as crimes because God had declared that sins committed by humans were not considered crimes.