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You are not taking it out of context by simply quoting a portion of Deuteronomy 17, but I assume you are implying that this passage is somehow indefensible or negates the claims of Christianity.
I may be mistaken, but I believe the point wasn't to denigrate Christianity but to point out that taking a single verse and not giving it any context can be used to justify claims that are not supported if you were to further examine it. If you didn't know the rest of the story (insert Paul Harvey voice as appropriate) you could use that to "prove" Christians and Jews were commanded to kill those who worshipped idols. In the same way, people here have posted a passage that they said showed Muslims were commanded to maim Non-Mulsims, but when you know the rest of the story, the passage was actually God giving instructions to angels for a specific battle, it was not a command to men at all and was not a blanket commandment but an order for a specific battle.