Ohio, I'm not exactly sure what you're getting at, but with all due respect I was NOT reiterating dogmatism. I was simply confirming what is quite explicitly stated in Scripture, and it was hardly even an interpretation it was the straight facts from Scripture. Christians from all ages have disagreed with what carries over from the OT and what doesn't. That's hardly dogmatism anymore than believing that Christ is the only way to salvation is dogmatism. I'd venture to say that there's some things you follow wholeheartedly from the OT and some things you don't. There are some things so distasteful in the OT that I can hardly comprehend it, and yet there it is. And those things were given by the God you and I serve. It was obviously what He wanted His people to live by. Whether or not we should live by them today (excluding the sacrifices) I admitted that I do not know. But sometimes I DO wonder if we wouldn't be better off as a society if we did.
All I am saying is that we need to be very careful that we don't impose our own interpretation of debatable issues on others, and come across as though we have it all figured out, and everyone else is wrong. (I'm talking to myself here too).
There are certain things that we can be absolutely sure about.......that Jesus is divine, that He was God incarnate, that He was born, died on a cross, and rose again, ascending to heaven where he reigns and is coming back again.
Being dogmatic about a death penalty for adulterers is NOT included in that list of things we can be certain about.
I think I've made myself pretty clear, and anything else would be repetition of what I've already said.
God be with you on your journey of faith, Truth.