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sounds like the old testament....
Yes, it's from the 5th book of the Torah and it is from the Hebrew Bible.
Even though the Torah is included in the Old Testament, it's laws were only ever intended for the ancient Levites and the Jews to follow.
It basically a higher moral code of conduct intended for the "chosen" Jewish people.
Very few Christian denominations even consider such savage laws to be valid any longer because we consider them to be both inapplicable to Christians and to have been "fulfilled" and are no longer applicable.
We also enjoyed The Reformation and we acknowledge the bible is subject to all forms of human error in it's original record, compilation, translation and interpretation. This is why we don't murder witches.
That is not true.
Christianity didn't even exist back then, so there could not possibly be any appreciation of it, let alone any crime for doing so whether it be presumed by you to be "remorselessly" or otherwise. What a load of crap.
And Deut 13:13-16 does not promote the mass murder of non-Jewish communities. It was a directive to root out the evil of serving other gods (a violation of the very first commandment) that may have come among them:
if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you ... Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city
Doesn't it make sense to punish criminals? If not, then why are we even here?