^The claims of human serial killers are suspect by any standards. God is a different matter.
People love to complain (petulantly;) about some of the orders and endorsements from God found in the other OT.
To me, these are the easiest to dismiss arguments in Theonomy.
It's about infinitely more ridiculous than watching a little mosquito accuse an abdominal surgeon of wrongly performing an "unnecessary" appendectomy. The mosquito can't even begin to properly conceive of the problem, much less draw any conclusions about it.
God sees past present and future at the same time. The Deity knows the consequences of failing to deliver the hard orders.
We have no idea of what would happen if a people in ancient times could with impugnity refuse to rest and reflect on heavenly ways, taunt prophets, or allow pagan enemies to escape.