and it is only done if the majority of the town has two eyewitnesses testifying that over 50% of the individuals of the town worshipped idols after being warned that doing so carries the death penalty
You realize that’s not better right? It’s literally religious persecution as a law.
More absurdly, this would even apply to worship of gods that by all available evidence are in fact older than Yahweh.
Imagine someone suddenly coming up to you and saying you cannot worship Yahweh because Botar is the one true god and has been the only god in all of earth’s history.
Fun fact about that, one of the two greatest commandments jesus gives is a quote from Deuteronomy 6 and the full context is the Israelites shouldn’t be ungrateful to god because he let them murder the natives and take their shit.
“Always remember to give thanks to the immortal Hitler kids!” - Jesus Christ
Deuteronomy 6:5-12
If he had evidence of that we wouldn’t have had that circus with Spyder and Terpsichore the first time around