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There are some important things we should distinguish here....
There are many things in the old testament that were done away with with the "new covenant" and Jesus sacrifice. For example, in the old testament, we have ceremonial and sacrificial laws written by Moses for the Jews. These were never meant to be permanent.
When Christ died, the Bible says "what was nailed to the cross were the handwritten ordinances of man." The ceremonial/sacrificial laws were written by Moses, and thus were done away with because Jesus became that sacrificial lamb instead. So to answer your question the reason why Christians don't follow everything written in the Old Testament today, is because the Bible itself tells us that these were done away with. We can see that God died for all our sins so many of the old ways of sacrifice and worship to him aren't necessary anymore.
It might also be important to point out that just because something is written in the Bible, doesn't mean it had God's approval. That is to say, often times the writers are merely documenting the events that are taking place, as horrible as they may sometimes be. There are many things God speaks out against that happen in the Bible, so you can't assume that just because it's written, it's acceptable by God. I think this actually lends to the credibility of the book because the writers include embarrassing details and screw-ups often times about themselves that most people would be inclined to leave out.