Good Book?

[shitty wok]

I know that the Bible is a very powerful book; one that founded European society until the Enlightenment. However, I can't figure out how it was misconstrued as "The Good Book". It was a book written well before modern science and human rights was introduced and, since its promoted as 'The perfect law of the Lord' (Psalm 19:7), it cannot be scrutinized or questioned, ever. The result is people whole-heartedly believing in a book that makes claims like these:

For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death. -Exodus 31:15

If your own full brother, or your son or daughter, or your beloved wife, or you intimate friend, entices you secretly to serve other gods …do not yield to him or listen to him, nor look with pity upon him, to spare or shield him, but kill him. -Deuteronomy 13:7-12

All who curse their father or mother must be put to death. - Leviticus 20:9

If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death. - Leviticus 20:13

Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. - Numbers 31

If a man beats his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies as a direct result, he must be punished, but he is not to be punished if the slave gets up after a day or two, since the slave is his property. - Exodus 21:20

Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the Lord your God must die. In this way you will purge the evil from Israel. -Deuteronomy 17:12

And here is another side of Jesus you probably wouldn't expect

If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell. - Matthew 18:7-9


Its pretty much the same sorry situation in the Koran and Talmud. The moral of the story is: don't use 1000+ year old book to teach you how to live today.