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

What is pushing you to prefer the 2nd approach, especially when you concede that there are exceptions to the general rule ?
simply because i choose to have my morals dictated to me by hkb”h rather than trying to decide myself.

yes if the punishment for stealing is worse than the punishment re a penuya then in my worldview it means hashem thinks its worse.
im not allowed, nor planning to do either , so its not like it has practical ramification to get nervous about, but in terms of the sugya thats how i see it
i am aware there exist practical ramifications, i meant casual practical as in waking up 1 morning and saying well whats on todays agenda?

at the end i think our positions once again are closer than we thought originally