Worth a read, including the other articles linked to this one.
http://www.abarim-publications.com/DictionaryG/a/a-m-a-r-t-a-n-om.html#.WwwiWkgvyUk
The truth about sin
The difference between (medieval) human law and God's law is that God's law is natural law (ROMANS 1:20, COLOSSIANS 1:16-17) and human law derived from the whims of some king who simply followed his own appetites (rather like Korah, the cousin of Moses).
Natural law is what binds atoms into molecules and molecules into objects. Natural law brings natural compounds together and forms living creatures (Genesis 2:7). Natural law governs the biosphere and forms each creature according to its personal constitution and its place relative to the others (Psalm 50:10-11, 104:10-14, MATTHEW 6:26). Likewise, God's law aims for people to grow into fruit-bearing adults who fit perfectly into the greater global human ecosphere. Unfortunately, we're all stuck in this transitional period between a humanity consisting of tribal chiefdoms and an integrated global economy where everybody is free — which is why Christ is slowly but surely bringing an end to all rule and dominion (Daniel 7:27, 1 CORINTHIANS 15:24).
Sinning has nothing to do with breaking some formal law and everything with getting in nature's way (EPHESIANS 4:30). Sinning has nothing to do with being guilty and everything with being in a situation in which you don't belong or even want to be. Kings, popes and CEO's will want you to believe that sin has to do with being uppity, but capitalism is of course the greatest enslaver of all, and the imposition of poverty the most evil of evils (Zechariah 13:5, 1 TIMOTHY 6:10).