there are a lot of enlightened yidd’s here some may even be doctors. these enlightened jews can not fathom that chazal wud say gadol hamachtio min hahorgoa and that’s because in the worldview of the enlightened jew it is not so. it is much worse to be horgo much, than to be machtio
but chazal did say it and that is evidence that the worldview of chazal and of the enlightened jew are on opposite pages
say it ain’t so