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Cains only concern here was that the misperceived cause of his problems had been eliminated. Rather than being justified by God, he hid behind a thin veil of self-justification. A quote from Scott Peck points out the essence of this scenario: The evil in this world is committed by the self-righteous who think they are without sin because they are unwilling to suffer the discomfort of significant self-examination.9 In 1 John 3:12, we read, Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brothers were righteous.In this scenario, we see how Cains reaction closely aligns with our definition of hate. There is the hated class (Abel and others whose offerings are acceptable to God), the annihilation of that class (in this case, the murder of Abel), and finally,