The Year of Living Biblically

Seeing a couple of people recently with copies of the book The Year of Living Biblically reminded me of this talk given at TED:

In short you have an agnostic who "attempts" to take all the Old Testament law literally. He, for example, avoids clothes with mixed fabrics. Yet, at the same time, lightly tossing a small pebble or two and stoning are two entirely different things. Still, the talk seems worth a listen.

He ends with the notion that "Thou shalt pick and choose" and avoid parts that might today be considered intolerant. Yet while I reject his consumerist approach to faith as well as the conclusion that you can have "sacredness" without God, he does succeed in raising a few interesting points.

How, for example, should the Old Testament law be treated? (Here's one short answer.) Are Christians (and those of other faiths) already picking and choosing the parts they like and disregarding others?