Why order people to kill in god's name at all?

[Esquilax]

And to expand on that, Christ's salvation isn't really all that appealing if you have enough of a brain to think about the implications. It's no small wonder that the vast majority of Christianity's growth has been through violence and indoctrination. If it was legitimate, neither of these things would be necessary.

The other part of that growth, of course, comes from the apologetic, interpretation approach; one of the only things keeping the bible so palatable is the constant move away from the spirit of the words in it by preachers and those desperate to ignore the atrocities therein.

To a christian, the bible is something to be fled from at top speed, as much as it's something to be embraced.