If McDonalds was going around chopping heads off and so on for eating someplace else, then you’d have a point.
The concept you seem not to get is reward & punishment in conditioning - i.e. shaping one’s behaviour/actions - to a desired outcome. Then again, when I mentioned brainwashing (conditioning) in relation to disobeying Islamic ideology in post # 38, you thought (#40) I was talking about “genetics”…
You get a ticket for driving thru a red light or speeding (punishment). In Australia, exceed the speed limit, and if caught, you’ll get a fine & demerit points (punishment) - accumulate 12 demerit points in a period of 3 yrs and you’ll lose your licence (punishment). Drive under the influence, and if caught & over the limit, you can even be imprisoned (punishment).
And, yes, the severity of punishment (chopping heads/hands) in Islam, as you say, is particularly discouraging to those moslems who may choose to leave Islam (research Apostasy laws in Islam), which further proves my related points in previous comments here. Thanks!
Have a good nite.