I have a bias, a supposition, inference, extrapolation . . . that
A significant percentage of rock throwers--those who throw rocks at any hint of even a potentially SUPERNATURAL example of God manifesting in our time/space dimension . . .
that a significant percentage of that group . . .
ARE SERIOUSLY HYPER THREATENED on at least a subconscious basis . . . by even the possibility that GOD REALLY IS; REALLY IS WHO HE SAYS HE IS; AND REALLY CAN DO AND WILL DO WHAT HE SAYS HE WILL DO . . .
at some point . . . with even them.
"that a significant percentage of that group . . .
"ARE SERIOUSLY HYPER THREATENED on at least a subconscious basis . . . by even the possibility that GOD REALLY IS; REALLY IS WHO HE SAYS HE IS; AND REALLY CAN DO AND WILL DO WHAT HE SAYS HE WILL DO . . .
And that may be true, irrespective of whether one is able to prove the existence of God or not, and irrispective of the OT. I don't know for certain. That is the mystery of life. Had there been no OT, does that mean there would have been no God? I don't think so.
I also believe that the God of the OT, is not the same God of the NT. The God of the OT says, "an eye for an eye," which is to say that if a person breaks another person's leg, he should have his own leg broken. That is a God of vengeance and retribution. The NT says, "turn the other cheek," which is to say a God of mercy and forgiveness.