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You wrote:

“The Old Testament has the absolute same authority as the New Testament. It has the same authority as Christ own quoted words, because in essence they are Christs words.”

Uh, are you sure that they both have the ABSOLUTE SAME authority NOW?

In other words, would you support the execution of adulterers? (Lev. 20:10)

How about stoning rape victims - if the rape happens inside the city limits? Deuteronomy 22:23-24

Uh, are you sure that they both have the ABSOLUTE SAME authority NOW?

ASOLUTELY!

The ONLY thing that has changed is that today, Christians are covered by grace, and not the law. The law still lets us know whats right and wrong, but we are no longer under condemnation, but grace.

In other words, would you support the execution of adulterers? (Lev. 20:10) How about stoning rape victims - if the rape happens inside the city limits? Deuteronomy 22:23-24

Deuteronomy 22: 22 If a man is found sleeping with another man's wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

23 If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her, 24 you shall take both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death—the girl because she was in a town and did not scream for help, and the man because he violated another man's wife. You must purge the evil from among you.

25 But if out in the country a man happens to meet a girl pledged to be married and rapes her, only the man who has done this shall die. 26 Do nothing to the girl; she has committed no sin deserving death.

There is a profound difference between 24 and 25. 24 describes a woman who is having sex with another mans wife, it doesn't mention RAPE, but the wording lets us know that she is in town, where other people are around to protect her or come to her aid. That if she doesn't scream out, she is basically consenting.

25 directly mentions rape.

Read the entire passage in context and it becomes apparent that the Bible is talking about rape vs adultery, in the city or country. But it is eliminating the accusation of rape in the city.

In other words, would you support the execution of adulterers? (Lev. 20:10)

Or, how about the death penalty for murder (Exodus 20:13)?

The fact is, no one was ever executed for adultery. What few folks bother to do is to study the words of the Almighty. Two or three EYE witnesses are necessary for capital offenses. And the reason it says "three" is to confirm that the witnesses cannot be independent - they have to have seen each other as well. John 8 confirms this as well. Normally, the only "witness" to adultery are the participants.

Maybe instead of assuming that everything to the LEFT of Matthew 1:1 is INVALID, you should consider the weight of ANYTHING that comes from the mouth of the Almighty.