Reply To: Can the severity of a sin be learned from the severity of the punishment?

Oh totally but if it doesn’t day otherwise you can use seichel. Yes if the Torah said rape isn’t so bad we wouldn’t have this conversation. But using our fickle minds is encourage d.

We don’t need s rayah that a thorn bush is prickly.

you probably would if you tried to base a halacha on it and i challenged you