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

Ubiq

“SO both of us are stuck with a hard to understand position, is mine so much stranger than yours?””
Absolutely!!
Your position is rating three versions of the same act
A beulah
A besulah
A married lady
Critical thinking would rate the severity in ascending order in the order I listed them as each one adds an additional negative to the equation
A “plain “woman where you violated her
A woman where not only did you violate her but you stole her “freshness ”
A woman where not only did you violate her but you also violated the sanctity of a Jewish marriage.

Whereas you have them listed
A besulah
A married woman
A beulah

How does that add up.