The God of the Old Testament

A friend of mine, norman doyge, wrote the forward for my latest book. He took me to task for making the god of the old testament too harsh and unforgiving. And i rewrote a bit of it because of his criticism... It's not exactly right, you know. I mean, what happens in the old testament is, if you screw up, especially if you know you do, and you decide that you're not going to do anything about it, then like, look, the hell out. You are in serious trouble. So now i'll just conclude. Then shall the lord be my god, and this stone which i have set for a pillar shall be...