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In the Hindu community, there is often apprehension toward the Christian doctrine of sin and especially the notion of recognizing oneself as a sinner, so much so that Swami Vivekananda famously declared, "it is a sin to call a man a sinner; it is a standing libel on human nature." On the other hand, many Christians also view the Hindu doctrine of avidya (ignorance) with skepticism, feeling that it diminishes the moral gravity of sin by reducing it to a mere lack of knowledge. In this essay, I hope to carefully show that these two doctrines are in fact much more reconcileable than they seem, and that by understanding each other's conception of human error, both traditions stand to gain a deeper understanding of their own.