deuteronomy

And fire and brimstone preachers still regularly preach Deuteronomy and Leviticus from pulpits in Christian churches.

And for some entertaining context, go read the rest of Deuteronomy 25:5, where it says how the brother should be punished if he refuses the marriage.

Not to mention the legitimately horrible parts like Deuteronomy 22:23.

In that clip, Kirk makes it very clear that he thinks Christians must love God and must love their neighbor, by way of Deuteronomy and Leviticus.

Leviticus, Exodus and Deuteronomy is full of that crap.

Interestingly there are 30 physical copies of the Deuteronomy in the collection, and apparently it is one of the very popular chapters hidden inside the caves of Qumran.

Here's something sort of related in Deuteronomy 24:5 - If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him.

[1] I'm sure some Christians would disapprove: not least Deuteronomy 18:10 [2]...

This tithe was distributed locally "within thy gates" (Deuteronomy 14:28) to support the Levites and assist the poor.

Also I have _never_ seen, heard etc of using Deuteronomy in our "time".

Deuteronomy 22:28‑29, "young woman...of tender age".

A problem with making out morality is absolute rather than common sense opinions is you get visionaries trying to see these absolute morals and you end up with stuff like Deuteronomy 25:11-12 "if a woman intervenes in a fight between two men by grabbing the assailant's genitals to rescue her husband, her hand is to be cut off without pity" and the like.

In the case of rape, the woman can be put to death for adultery if she doesn’t scream loud enough (Deuteronomy 22:23-24) or be forced to marry her rapist (Deuteronomy 22:28-29).

Deuteronomy 10 establishes heaven as entirely God's property, but Jesus claims to be the one controlling entry to heaven in Matthew 7.

Deuteronomy 25:5-6 And no, it is not universally portrayed as dysfunctional.