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October 29, 2019 2:46 pm at 2:46 pm #1795546
It is Time for Truth
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אִלּוּ לֹא הָיְתָה סְקִילָה חֲמוּרָ
The edifice superstructure of Halacha is built on severity of punishment
and this refutes your contention Remarkably

the very Foundation which everything else upon Is Avoda zara
therefore it is taken as given by the sages that that it had to be on the very pinnacle in terms of punishment otherwise the whole system pyramid wouldn’t have systemic structure what to stand upon
cf.Ramban sefer hamitzvos et al