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.
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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.