Americans are similarly brainwashed with American Exceptionalism and the civic religion of state worship though our education, media, and so-called Christian Nationalism in many churches. You could describe me as a Christian Anarchist. The early church was consistently anti-war, and ancient empires intertwined pagan religion with their politics. Caesars were also high priests in Roman cults. Now we pretend governments are secular, but I believe nationalism has an undercurrent of religious fervor. Burning a flag will get a similar response from a MAGA "patriot" as defiling the Koran would get from a devout Muslim even though both are mass-produced and widely available now.
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Indeed, when the State becomes the religion.
So, I learned this recently, a friend of mine told me, that when she married, she and the groom had to recite a traditional ceremonial text, which includes an oath to Jerusalem. Like their marriage is first and foremost is in the name of Jerusalem, and only then it is between them.
I love her dearly, but I see how the State has bled into the spirit of the people. They don't understand that an average israeli has more in-common with an average Iranian then with the oligarchs that run the show - trying to cease new wealth. We are all just fodder to them.
I know you described yourself as an extremely secular individual, but I recommend taking a look at the Libertarian Christian Institute and the Bad Roman Podcast if you ever want to explore Christianity without state baggage. If nothing else, I once heard someone say to argue against the right from the right and against the left from the left, meaning to use someone's stated principles as the foundation to argue against their current position. Having a Biblical basis for arguments against "Christian" warmongers might give them pause if they are misled by bad spiritual leaders, and not deliberate deceivers themselves.
I never heard of Libretarian Christianity, so of course I'm curious, and will check it out. But I will be honest with you, I became a non-believer after reading the scripture - both the Torah and the Bible. There were a lot of things that didn't sit right with me on the moral basis, and as I learned more about the universe and life on this planet it was also on scientific basis... So I doubt there is a way back for me.
With that said, I do have a strong moral code, and I know Christians such as yourself, Muslims and jews who are very principled, and are closer to Humanism (where the wellbeing of all humans precedes, nationalism, or any sort of tribal adherence, and dare I say many religious commands). So I find that even though we might have some theological difference, we still have more in common morally and politically than what sets us apart.