What I honestly don't understand is how people can think the GT and NT God can be the same God...

They seem quite far apart when it comes to morals.



From my atheistic viewpoint the answer is of course simple: Human morals evolved between the old and new testament and that is of course represented in oral and written works from that era.

But what methods have Christians to explain it? God going "Uhm, actually I seem to have been rather stupid here. Hey Jesus, can you go down and tell them to scrap what I said; now THIS is the new deal. Scrap eye for an eye, we turn the other cheek now, mmmkay? I haven't taken the thought much further, but it should give you something to work with. Good luck down there son!"