>>177 Why does god care so much about pictures/idolatry? Anyone with adult reasoning capacity should be able to distinguish an icon from the diety himself.
Read up on history, descent into idolatry has been a problem for many religions, including Christianity today.
>>177 Now that we have germ theory of disease and can fight meat born parasites with proper sanitation, why is halal/haram still needed?
Halal food restrictions are based entirely on Hadith, not the Quran.
>>177 Why does god care so much about (moderated) drinking? If he;s omnipotent, then why did he only ban alcohol and not yet-to-be-invented drugs like meth or krokdil?
It's not up to us to answer "why" God did what he did. But many interpret the Quran as being against all intoxicants, not just alcohol specifically.