You forgot the part where some woman's husband dies and God wants his brother to knock her up asap but when he pulls out and cums on the floor God strikes him down immediately. His pull out game was so good that God himself was furious.
That is why everything is weighed against love. And the vast majority of human beings -- especially so-called religious authorities -- utterly fail in that regard. Selfishness for money and power corrupt most everyone, and religion is rife for abuse by the unscrupulous.
Also, God's rules vary over the eons for different cultures and epochs.
Help people help themselves.
Then help those who can't.
More recently, I've been dabbling with: Just listen.
(I'm not a very good disciple of my own rules. Baby steps.)Thanks for sharing your views. I'm going to chew on it for a while.