@ CallusedSilk
I love how you are giving rational points and replying almost-free of condescension because it actually helps me create coherent thoughts and facts about what's in the Bible and why this stuff was happening. So thank you for letting me have this informative conversation with you. Please, don't read that as sarcasm because it was not meant to be, I genuinely mean it
In regards to Jesus Christ, you are entirely right about His Son not eradicating laws. But he came down to take the place of all of our sins and make a
new covenant which was prophesied in the Old Testament book Jeremiah and was later said it was fulfilled by Jesus in Matthew. It wasn't to do away with the law because the law says not to do certain things because they are evil, but it was to forgive those evils even if you have done them already, so that you may live a heavenly, loving life with God in heaven.
Speaking of sin and heaven: Because Jesus did not die for the sins of all in the Old Testament, doing evil or not being pure means you can't go to heaven and be with God. As a father, God wants all His children to be with Him in heaven. So he placed those laws to keep people pure. And you're forgetting that these are merely laws and that there's no mention of them being broken. The laws themselves made the people do good and not evil; that way, they can be with Him in heaven. It wasn't to make the woman miserable if she were raped, it was to keep her pure because God loved her and her eternal life of love means more than anything that happens in the short life on earth. That is when God realized that because people are born sinful people because of our free will, it's simply in our nature, and will eventually do some sort of evil/sin, He brought Jesus Christ down to cover it all. Also, since Jesus and God have forgive all our sin and has covered it all with the price of pure untainted blood, the new law says not to do these sins, but those who do we need to be kind to them 92 Timothy 2:224-25) and to show them love (1 Cor. 16:14; 2 Cor. 5:14). Because killing them will do nothing as the Old Testament required since they are already forgiven and have their chance to ascend to heaven and live in eternal love and joy despite their wrongdoings. In Hebrews 9:15: "For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that He has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.”
All in all, God doesn't enjoy punishing people, but it had to be done to keep those pure so they can be with Him. That's all God wants, as many of His children to come to Him and be with Him and heaven. So, he
truly did do something about the harsh laws of the way back when because He didn't like the punishments and wanted more children to be with Him in heaven.
So yes, the law was harsh, but if you take a moment to understand that one's spirit cannot go to heaven when it is wicked and impure, then you'll understand why God did whatever He could to keep His children pure so they can be in Heaven. By stoning someone or punishing them in that harsh way had to be done in order to keep them pure. So, if a girl was raped, but didn't want to live her days with her rapist, she could say no, be put to death but her spirit be pure still because it already took its punishment for that crime and go to heaven and be with God.
Because back then, there was no Son to cover our wicked souls and make them clean, to make them pure again, they had to be punished. But in the end, they live a perfect and loving eternal life with God.
That's all God wants: us in Heaven, not suffering in Hell.
I haven't picked up my Bible in awhile and haven't given the Old Testament much thought. But since you have come up with logical, great points, I have picked it up and read it, understanding God and the Bible moreso now than ever before. So I thank you for getting me started again, and I thank God for getting me out of the worry I had when I first read what you posted to that girl about how He has done these wicked, cruel things. I believed you, and I understand that thinking.
Because I was so distraught, I prayed to God whom I haven't really spoken with in over a year for whatever reason. I asked Him to give me the truth, and nothing but the truth. After reading and studying the Bible, God has shown me this, that He loves His children and He sees their future. He cares whether they go to Heaven or Hell, so He puts in law and gave His Son so we have the choice not to go to hell. Thank you!