Considering the God of the Jews

Wrath was a virtue to the Jews. It may still be. Having a group be 'special' and exclusive has kept the jews together through many centuries of persecution, but why were they persecuted? Because they were obnoxious! I guess. If you read Deuteronomy thoroughly you discover that murdering children who were disobiedient was OK with Yah Way. If a person had sex with an animal not only that person was to be murdered but you had to kill the animal victim of perversion as well. Why? Was that animal gonna spread the news? 10 Commandment? How bout several thousand? How bout a never ending stream of commandments culminating with love Yah way and yer neighbor as yerself. UNLESS you like gettin it on with ole Shep then ya better stay away from yer neighbors. They want to kill you, and yer dog. Ya cant eat shrimps or pigs. Considering that the Islamic dietary rules are the same, we need not worry that Islamic fundamentalists are going to ruin the food supply. They wont go near a Red Lobster, or the Iowa Machine Shed.
Yah Way has people he likes and them he doesnt like. He doesnt like Arabs, although he's the Daddy of us all. Adultresses generally got stoned to death more than adulterers.It was after all eve who ate the fruit and then gave it to Adam who ate and ratted them out. He doesnt like witches, or metaphysicians. They need to die. Nevermind that if one uses a witch or metaphysician for an issue the desired results will occur! (Saul actually brought Samuel back from the dead to inquire) Sometimes it seems the Torah was revised by Edgar Allen Poe. Yah Way is a problem solver. When the Maccabees were surrounded and starving he shows up with oil for their lamps and presumably kosher hotdogs too. He creates divisions among enemies. Hezekaiah was surrounded by Sennachrib and Yah Way just caused divisions in his army and they went away! Sorta like the Arabs hope for the US Army in Iraq.
For my money however is the promises of Isaiah 55 4:13.
Yah Way will abundantly pardon ...IF! He says "my ways are not your ways." But 'if' you read on it turns out that His ways are the same as Our ways. an eye for an eye.
Bowe