Capital Offense in The Bible: Blasphemy (Leviticus 24:10-16)

Now an Israelite woman's son, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the people of Israel; and the Israelite woman's son and a man of Israel quarreled in the camp, and the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the Name (of the Lord), and cursed. And they brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelo'mith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. And they put him in custody, till the will of the LORD should be declared to them. And the LORD said to Moses, "Bring out of the camp him who cursed; and let all who heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. And say to the people of Israel, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin. He who blasphemes the name of the LORD shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him; the sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. -Leviticus 24:10-16 RSV

Of course the Bible would have this as a capital offense. You would think that a god that is as powerful as this one claims to be, would have a little thicker skin. But this only shows the lack of confidence the writers had in their ideas (all good ideas are open to criticism). The religious claim that God gave us free-will — we have free will to do everything God wants or be killed/tortured forever, and of course to never talk badly about him. These verses also provide another example for why God is far from being all-loving: "And the LORD said to Moses, "Bring out of the camp him who cursed; and let all who heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him". God is all-loving to those that do everything he says; odd how an all-loving god's love is conditional. I suppose the writers didn't think that far ahead when they were writing about him.