Yes, but the problem with things like this is that the New Testament is violent, the question is to who is the violence directed. Christ suffered greatly, the crucifixion was no cake walk, and there's all the stuff that happened to Paul. Yes, the text is full of violence, but to my knowledge nowhere does the book exhort violence towards others.
The Old Testament is part of the Christian scripture, right?
Yes, the Old Testament is part of the Christian scriptures, but not in the way you're thinking. The Old Testament supplies three important things: (1) an introduction to God and his chosen people Israel (and yes, their history and struggles), (2) the law under which we must operate in order to be able to have a relationship with God (and why we are simply unable to operate under that law, and need help), and (3) prophetic indications of the nature of the help that will be provided by God.
For some insight, read the following: https://carm.org/why-do-christians-not-obey-old-testaments-commands-to-kill-homosexuals
Understand that "christians" and non-christians alike have trouble grasping and reflecting this idea, which is why it continues to play a big part in both the objection people have to "christianity" and the splintering of (and divisiveness within branches of) the christian church.
The point of the link is that the Bible is more violent than the Koran.
The God of the OT is not a pacifist. Some Christians are pacifists, but they tend to be liberal Christians, the Amish are an obvious exception. Likewise there are Muslims who don't take everything in
the Koran literally, but like the Amish they are the exception. I still think that Muslims in the west are more likely to be for peace. The states that are majority Muslims give the other ones bad names. I don't endorse either religion, however, but I can see a big difference between conservatives and liberals in each.
