Reply To: Lo sichanem

That “fallacy” is not an issue; pure means it’s for Hashem. Period. Whatever that activity is. It includes mechias amalek.

Your other points are just orthopraxy.

And yes,the Torah clearly says one is punished for ideology; pen yesh bachem…shoresh poreh…li beshrirus libi eilech. He is evil for thinking that way.

Tochacha begins, if you will despise my laws… that’s ideological

Amar naval belibo, ain elokim

By avodah zara, i meant that he believes in another power besides Hashem.

And atheism is far worse than avodah zara