Why is it that the officially sanctioned oracular devices such as the Ephod (Urim and Thummim) are considered acceptable means to discern truth, while those who practice other techniques might earn the death penalty for their efforts?

Often the biblical writers don't condemn specific cultural practices, but will speak on their difficulties, e.g., polygamous marriage. Any other examples?

Might Jesus have been a Judaized version of Zeus?

Is the story of the drunken Noah cursing Canaan a biblical version of a myth of conflict between various Sumerian, Babylonian, and Persian gods?.
Any thoughts on the Jesus stories and possible relationship to Apollo and Seleukos/Asclepius?
Could Apollo's anchor symbol have been modified to become the first appearance of the cross symbol?

Why do those whom Jesus heals and tells not to tell anyone do so anyway? And why arren't they punished?
Have you read the Primary Chronicle of the Kyvian Rus? There is a later portion where one of the Kyvian monarchs decides to investigate the larger religions and makes a decision to adopt the Byzantine version of Christianity. I would appreciate some commentary on the different schools of religious thought captured within.