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Also, a Christian doesn't pluck verses out of the Bible to prove what they want, they take the whole thing in totality, and abdicate to what God wants. So, we must ask ourselves, as Christians, does God want us to be pacifists, to never be violent, to never speak out against falsehoods and lies, to never hate evil, to let our kids, our spouse, our neighbors, our entire people, be brutalized, victimized, propagandized, lied to, and murdered?
That is not what God commands us to do. If you find a Bible verse telling you to do these things, it means you're not understanding the totality of the message. If you advocate for twisted interpretations of the Bible, it means whatever church you go to, whatever teachers you had, are fools and/or liars, and should seek the truth elsewhere.
It's not like it's difficult to ascertain the true interpretations in the Bible, of what God wants. His Word (truth/logic) is inlaid into the universe itself. Figure out sound consistent logic, and you've found God's wisdom. Are there any contradictory passages to what you're advocating for in the Bible? Go read them, and figure out the totality of what God is telling us.
Some like to justify their offensive violence but I don't think it's biblical. That's all.
So, TallestSkil replied to you in a c/elections thread, and you got angry with him and followed him here?
> to illustrate his tendency for hate and violence which isn't very biblical.
Have you not read the Bible? Hate and violence is all over the Bible, and justified numerous times by God and Jesus.
Psalm 97:10
> Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones, and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Proverbs 8:13
> To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance,
evil behavior and perverse speech.
Proverbs 15:27
> The greedy bring ruin to their households, but the one who hates bribes will live.
Psalm 139:21-22
> Do I not hate them, O Lord, that hate Thee? And am I not grieved with those that rise up against Thee? I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them mine enemies.
Malachi 1:3
> "...but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
Psalm 5: 4-6
> For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness; with you, evil people are not welcome. The arrogant cannot stand in your presence. You hate all who do wrong; you destroy those who tell lies. The bloodthirsty and deceitful you, Lord, detest.
Proverbs 6:16-19
> There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
Deuteronomy 12:31
> You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because in worshiping their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
Deuteronomy 16:22
> and do not erect a sacred stone, for these the Lord your God hates.
Jeremiah 44:4
> Again and again I sent my servants the prophets, who said, ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate!’
Isaiah 1:14
> Your New Moon feasts and your appointed festivals I hate with all my being. They have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.
Amos 5:21
> “I hate, I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me.
Deuteronomy 7:15-16
> The Lord will keep you free from every disease. He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all who hate you. You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives over to you. Do not look on them with pity and do not serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
This is saying that the enemies of the Israelites, the people God approved of, were hated and punished by God. In fact, this entire passage is God telling the Israelites to utterly destroy many different peoples: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
It's true that the Bible commands us to love certain people, but if you read it in context, it's to foment peaceful relations with our brothers and people, not to be pacifists in the face of evil, to let our nations be invaded and our people slaughtered, or to relay the message of love that God/Jesus pass to us, so that we may sway others to into Christianity. However, if people reject God/Jesus, we're not commanded to be brothers to them. Jesus explicitly tells us to dust off our feet and abandon such people, who will be met with a harsher judgment than Sodom and Gomorrah.
You'll find many more passages where righteous violence is condoned by God, and practiced by God. Hatred and violence, if they're in accordance with God, are perfectly acceptable for a Christians. If violence was forbidden, God Himself wouldn't have partaken in it multiple times, and Jesus wouldn't have whipped the money lenders in the temple, or told His followers to sell their cloak and buy a sword, or tell His followers that He doesn't come to bring peace, but a sword. The internet, for all its evils, does give us a great resource to search for such things. Simply put your question into a search engine, and you'll find all manner of resources directing you to relevant passages.