(June 24, 2015 at 6:32 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(June 24, 2015 at 6:28 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Pick up sticks on the Sabbath? Death penalty.
Rape a woman? Pay her dad and marry her.
What should I be giving God kudos for again?
I don't have the same understanding as Randy in regards to the OT, but I think what he's saying is that God was putting Himself down at the level of the people/culture of the time in order to integrate Himself slowly.
Yes. As I said previously, God met the Israelites where they were at and began to form them into a better people. This process took time.