The mistake is no small matter. It is Gasut Ruach cloaked in holiness. Who thinks that ethics can be completely codified might well become a Naval Birshut HaTorah, one who justifies evil in the name of Torah. One who thinks that truth can be codified in a halachic fashion, will come to denounce Truth in the name of Torah.
See, there are those who maintain that if there are no two kosher witnesses regarding an event, then that event did not happen. In their eyes, there is no objective reality. Halacha determines all. And so they tell themselves and others that their sexual encounters did not happen. Women are not kosher witnesses. The evidence does not count.
And see, there are those who maintain that one can disregard all physical evidence regarding the age of the Universe and the evolution of life, and issue a Psak that the world is less than 6000 years old and evolution did not occur.
And see, there are those who managed to establish halachic justification for acts carried out by Israeli governments that are abominations according to utterly basic ethics, such as the forceful expulsion of thousands of Jews from their houses in Eretz Yisrael, and the destruction of their life's work.
Do not be deceived by the prevalence of this Gasut Ruach among the "great" rabbis. They are not what they claim to be. Intellectual and moral corruption has become the rule. B'Chasdei HaShem, a vessel arose that exposes them: the Internet. Do not be dismayed by the revelations. This is good, very good, and paves the way for the Truth.
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