@KKGator got it right. It is the whole do as I say, not as I do thing. And they also interpret the bible anyway that suits what they want in any situation.

I have posted this before but this is a good place for it.

Is it no a great irony that the three most popular hymns (discounting xmas carols) ever written are

Onward Christian soldier
Battle hymn of the republic
and
All things bright and beautiful

Sort of, become a Christian, admire the wonder, splendour and beauty of god's creation, and then blow the fucking shit out of it!

It's just cherrypicking as usual. The Bible can be warped to suit almost anyone's needs, when almost everything is left up to "interpretation." I see cherry-picking happen with Christians a lot when they know that something in the Bible is stupid, so they wave it away with the phrase "well, you're taking it in the wrong context." What they really mean to say is, "This is clearly stupid and outdated nowadays, so we're just going to ignore it." Like the passage in Leviticus about stoning blasphemers, for example. So, a war-loving Christian cherry-picks out the parts about peace, and focuses on the war-like parts, such as the Old Testament mythology wherein God burns his enemies with warlike fire, and/or causes the Israelites to win impossible battles. I would say the Old Testament is much more focused on war.

I guess seeing the odd dichotomy came easy for me. My mother was not a happy home maker. At the time she met my dad she was working as an x-ray tech and I think did not really want to have kids BUT society and family push the "SO, when are you having kids?".
They were blessed with twins, we were incubator babies and probably never really bonded with mom (I'm being charitable). So growing up she'd be this angry silently raging bitchy woman all day. Dad walks in the door at the end of his day and she's "How was your day Hon, kiss kiss?" Very sweetness and light. As a a kid I'm thinking, "WHO is this woman and where has she been all day?"
Saw right thru the church thing and by the age of 12 just flat out refused to go.
The strange thing is my twin joined the church, is still a bible thumper and trump supporter.
We don't talk much and live on opposite side of the country. LOL

I don’t understand either. Supposedly taught one thing and support/do the opposite. Hypocrites.

"Behold, I come not to bring peace on earth, but a sword"--Jesus
Same religion, different Dogma

I totally agree. It's disgusting and hypocritical.

Armageddon is the end goal , plus they are sending heathens to hell which is a good thing to them

It is called selective hearing/reading/understanding.

War and killing for political reasons seem to be completely against humanism. War spreads suffering and death and harms humans. Seems like we need to be against it whenever possible.

You can sometimes bring peace through war. You need to fight to bring change. Total pacifism is useless. That's the paradox. But I understand your sentiment. But it's complex. But I'm again not supporting those war-mongerers, but just pointing out some dubiousness. And I don't think it's right to paint all Christians of so many sects from a whole spectrum like the way you did here.

Many people don't do what they believe in. Its called an improperly integrated personality, where the belief mind and action mind inhabit separate layers of thought. You might like to read Dabrowski's theory of positive disintegration.

His father never spoke against it ! Thats why he says one thing and does another !

Yes, Christians have too much concern for sex and war. So little interest in natural environment conditions.

Simple, Jesus said, do not kill unless your going to eat it. Same with war, where the condition in the Bible for war. Make it impossible to take war into action. Yet as a group in human history. Christians are the world Champion at murder, prisoners and war.

More people killed in the name of God than for any other reason. Easy example, is USA.

I agree. One of the reasons I began my deconversion was the debate I constantly had with fellow Christians about how healthcare for all was something Jesus would have wanted since he took care of the sick, poor, lepers and others. He wouldn't have said they were too poor to deserve healthcare. Likewise, I believed Jesus to be a peaceful being. I doubted very much that he would have supported people walking around with any kind of gun anywhere at anytime... Like an AR15 strapped to their back in a Target store. I pointed out multiple times that the bible NEVER addresses abortion, and that tax cuts for wealthy while cutting social programs for the poor is not something Jesus would support. Eventually, I was told by a friend that if you're a Christian you always vote republican no matter what. That was the beginning of the end of my religion. I had no idea why I kept fighting for morality when other Christians kept saying I was wrong for doing so. If that's what Christianity was then maybe I wasn't a Christian. I kept my values for healthcare for all just because they are humans, programs to help the poor, reproductive rights for women and free contraception for anyone who wants it, gun restrictions, anti war unless absolutely the last resort, spreading peace, fully embracing science, medicine, and vaccinations, and fully supporting wall between religion and government. At this point there are many times that I feel more moral than many Christians. Basically I now believe in being good without god, ending or minimizing suffering while encouraging people to pursue the most pleasurable life possible as long as its not at the expense of someone else.

A lot of the insidiousness of religion is the seeming to be one way, but then underlaying that with another way. "Love your brother", but if he is against your god, cast him out. Be willing to sacrafice your child in the name of your god. Love and honor your wife, but never forget that she got mankind kicked out of Eden. Your god is a loving god, the only god, so you must destroy all other gods. Your god is a "living"god, you just have to forget the definition of "living" . One must remember that religion is based on controling beliefs by fear and guilt.

As others have pointed out, it basically boils down to the contradictory ideals contained in their holy book. On one hand you have a god of war and, on the other, a god of peace. They invoke the one that supports whatever agenda they are pushing at the moment. For most of us nonbelievers it's just further evidence against their claim of moral superiority.

However the bible speaks of war often and it is cruel. Kill the children, women and burn the city to the ground is demanded many times in the bible. Make the men slaves. These are loving words of god.

Christianity as now practiced is a nightmare of lies, distortion, confusion, and hypocrisy. What good is it. I see it as far more harm than good. The teachings of Jesus have become an excuse to maltreat others and make people feel superior to others. All pure evil.

You have to remember that way back when the Jewish tribes were first established, which according to archeologists was from outcasts from other groups, they were originally polytheists. There was competition for which religion to follow and the idea of worshipping just one god came about but there were factions which favored one particular god over another, which is why the old testament has more than just one name for god. In the end the followers of Yoweh came out the winner. and he was/is a wr god from the polytheist beliefs, which came to be the sole god worshipped. That they originaly had a polytheist belife system is also why the first of the ten commandments is to put no other god first.

So anyway, all the Abrahmic religions are based on the worship of a god of war. Not just a defensive god of war, but a very aggressive god of war. Taht tradition of war has carried through the cultures up to this day. The old testament is full of catalogues of slaughters to prove that killing in god's name is pleasing to god.

I think educating people as to the origins of their religion will eventually lead them to realize religion is just a bunch of myths. That is assuming they are willing to listen. Too many want to kill and their belief in god give them a reason to do so.

You seem to be confusing silence with advocacy. The story as presented has him essentially silent on the issue of war. Is this silence approval or disapproval of the teachings of the OT?