I think most religious texts are totally misinterpreted.
The old testament god was the god of the Hebrews, they were mostly pastoralists, those cultures tend to be more aggressive and based on stricter honour codes.
Because stealing a bunch of goats from a shepherd is easy compared to forcing farmers off their land.
So pastoralist cultures tend to be the ones who cut your hands off for stealing or stuff like that.
The religious texts were about passing down stories from their ancestors and stating the law.