Why does god want to cut off women's hands?

[Ryantology]

You misunderstand. The sentence is the same. It's more or less severe than the offense because the actual damage of the offense is variable.

In other words, deterrence is merely a justification for revenge.

The death penalty has likely not been a deterrent in modern societies because it typically only applies to murder.

What's your explanation for it not being a deterrent for lesser crimes in pre-modern societies?

First time I've seen someone deny the slippery slope fallacy by continuing to advocate it.

It is you who implies that lenient punishment is a slippery slope to higher crime. How, precisely, am I advocating it by disputing your fallacy?

First, there's no requirement for brainwashing on the Sabbath. Even if there were, why would that apply to slaves and servants, if this is really just a man-made law? It also applied to animals and foreigners, who were not part of any brainwashing.

So, what was the entirely non-religious purpose of not working, and why was it so important that death was the punishment for ignoring it?

It was the point in your last post.

Leading me to conclude that it sailed over your head.

I disagree that compromise necessarily implies a mistake.

It doesn't. Compromise implies a lack of ability. Mistakes are simply more proof that your god is not perfect.

Judgment isn't murder.

Scratch a Christian, find a man whose only problem with the Holocaust is the identity of the being who ordered it.