“Should we say that’s because it’s worse than the other two so it’s so bad there is no earthly punishment?
I can’t figure out that logic.”
a. Why don’t we say onshin min hadin?
If a the severity of an act is always graded based on punishment then use a simple kal vachomer, then a more severe act should carry (at least) the same punishment?
b. Its ok not to be able to “figure out that logic” you acknowledge regarding your view of rape as not being so severe “I happen not to understand it”
so either way you agree that it escapes your full understanding (not that I understand why it doesnt have a more severe punishment)
I guess what I’m puzzling over is in spite of you conceding this “lack of understating”, what drives you to stick by your assertion that rape is not among the most abhorent acts, and to have to come up with all sorts of exceptions in order to allow the rule that “greater punishment = worse act” to exist. At the very least, why can’t this be yet another exception (for whatever reason)?