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I don't see it as a matter of what it would hurt/not hurt, but rather as simply a question of modern interpretation. I've read the OT more than a few times and there are some rather dated requests which may have seemed pragmatic at the time, but are now entirely out of date. Circumcision used to prevent dangerous infection, but modern practices of hygiene would prevent that. Growing different crops next to each other could have caused pollination problems, but we're genetically engineering super-crops now. I'm pretty sure we can grow corn in the Sahara (and that it'd be subsidized). Women that are menstruating are no longer prone to infections, in fact we have pills that reduce the frequency of periods to 4 times a year or even less. I've postulated here on TFP in the past that the Sabbath was the first instance of worker's rights, but we have labor laws now.
It's not that the passages of the Torah are wrong, in fact there may have been a time when these directives saved lives. It's a question of whether these were divine mandates intended to be carried out for all time or simply some very clever men that took down what at the time were very important rules. If it's the former, it seems to be 100% an act of faith. If it's the latter, I'll buy you a plate of shrimp.
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