So Apparently...

... God's always been into this [Authentic] mindset of sincerity and mercy, and wasn't totally into the blind-covenant abiding, sinner-stoning, plague-sending, war-mongouring, offering quota that the old testament thinks He is.

Hosea 6:6 "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings"

Psalm 69:30-31 "I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hoofs"

Matthew 12:7b "I desire mercy, not sacrifice"