because Christianity does accept everyone, as long as they accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior, and adhere to the core Christian beliefs

it partially stems from the exile in Babylon, because they forced themselves to become distinct and particular, and doubled down on it whenever under another society

There is also a tonal difference in how Christians view God and how God is depicted in the Hebrew Bible

Goes back to Egypt. Before they were even Israelites.

aka how the Jews saw Him

yes, but it is in Babylon where they became the "Jews"

rather than the Hebrews

Leviticus tells them to be a distinct people.

in the Old Testament God is more often than, I don't mean any disrespect or anything negative, but angry and violent, with His loving and merciful nature also being shown here and there -- but that is also because the Jews really screw up a lot, and other depravity occurs a lot through the Old Testament

God, at least from what I recall (please correct if i am wrong), is not shown to be nearly as aggressive in the New Testament until Revelation

why don't they sacrifice goats in temples anymore.

because they have rabbis

every jew should be sacrificing animals.

and the temple was destroyed

build a new one

destroyed by who?

the Romans i believe

it was destroyed twice, the last time by the Romans

Yeah I’m pretty sure the Romans did it.

i think it was the Neo-Babylonians that destroyed it the first time

when they took over

then the Jews rebuilt it when they came back from exile

But yeah God is generally viewed as a violent warrior in the Old Testament.

Not entirely accurate though. But it’s understandable.

yeah, stuff just constantly happened that invoked divine anger

Yeah exactly.

but i think the difference in tone also reflects major differences in Christianity and Judaism

to me Judaism is kind of a bitter religion

it does celebrate life and stuff, but there's something bitter about it

God saving different people and sparing people is ignored to make the statement he was a violent douche.

but it might also be because of how they reject the Messiah despite making Himself known, because he didn't do exactly as they thought he would

All the violence you know happened in Exodus, Judges, Kings, and Joshua.

and Genesis

Yeah I knew I had left a couple out.

lol

lol 😂

But you’re talking like 10 books out of 30+ being violent. And even those books have lots of God filled love.

yes

i don't view him as some merciless deity that just acts out His anger, i am just pointing out the larger prevalence of God's anger in the Old Testament lol

because in the NT, it is seemingly reserved until the End Times, then everything comes down

it is cringy whenever i see atheists who are like xd xd haha God sounds like an asshole xd Satan is the real good guy