Nice post -- we need more understanding

Right now we're having a huge problem in the U.S. with antisemitic attacks on Jews. [washingtonpost.com]

....horrible to witness HATE, first hand. And I applaud
your efforts.(there are places here in America- which I could NOT LIVE), because hate is accepted/ and I would blow a gasket. I see ALL freedoms lessened when this occurs,and
would have to react.Your follow up is inspiring.
Thanks

I think what you are describing is a common thing these days; many so-called "Christians" are not really Christian at all. If by "Christian" is meant following the teachings of Jesus. I read Matthew, Mark, Luke & John a couple of times recently and now have a decent grounding in what Christian teachings actually are (although I am not a religious believer myself). There is some good stuff in there even though some of it is muddled up with stuff about god. Your neighbor is showing how totally un-Christian so many evangelicals are. And whether you yourself are agnostic, atheistic or otherwise, your behavior is more "Christian" than your neighbor's is, by which I mean you are following more of the Christian teachings than your neighbor whether or not you believe any of the deity stuff.

Your neighbor needs a home visit from Social Services to determine if he is mentally fit to live unassisted. Call the non-911 police number and ask for one, explaining he is acting erratically.

Most contemporary christians, pseudo-christians, don't bear any resemblance to the gospel they supposedly practice.

Tell your fundy neighbor to blow it out his ass......

Your neighbor sounds like quite an, um, asshole. IMHO. Lacking empathy and kindness, to put it another way.
I’m thinking you’re basically right about the history of religions but there are many here more learned than me.
My point is: we’re all HUMAN. Except maybe that neighbor

Individual Christians hold all sorts of logically inconsistent and mutually exclusive views.

Most modern evangelicals hold a sort of schizophrenic position that the Jews are still god's chosen people and Israel must be politically supported no matter what atrocities they commit for example on the Palestinians, or you're an anti-semite (perversely, even if you're Jewish). While at the same time saying that individual Jews who don't convert to Christianity will still burn in hell. This has less to do than what they really think of Jews than it does with their desire to fulfill their death cult beliefs by hastening the rapture and other end-time events centered in Israel -- and not to piss of god by overtly opposing his "chosen people" who, they believe, will ultimately "see the light" if you will.

What you encountered was more of a white nationalist / neo-Nazi / xenophobic thing that leaks out around the edges of that. I don't think it's something that run of the mill fundies in the US would support, except maybe in the deep South. I don't know how that plays out down under though.

Your neighbor deserved to be flipped off immediately and informed that your house, your guest list, and to keep thier zombie worshipping ass out of your business unless they want you in thiers.

Personally, I'd have gone on the offensive immediately - but rather than the whole "same God/Torah/Romans" argument I'd have got straight to the point and told my evangelical neighbour there and then that he's an antisemitic asshole who ought to feel ashamed of holding such views. I'd have followed up with a letter to the neighbour explaing why Isaac would always be welcome in my home, and why he - the neighbour - never would be.

christ! I didn't know Broken Hill was in USA. I never heard of such blatant discrimination except when it's me, tossing out the door knockers at my own front door (apart from when I see it on the telly)/

Anyway, I have to say I watched Life of Brian more than once or twice and I believe I can tell you what happened 2000 odd yrs ago. There was some feast day when Jesus was arrested, and because it was a special occasion Pontius Pilate said the jewish people could pardon one of the prisoners and let him go free. Instead of choosing jebus, they chose to release a murderer. And this is the reason that christians have hated jews all this time. They blame them for killing their guru, despite the fact that jebus said he had no choice and had to go to the cross and pop down to the hot place to be tortured for our sins. All makes sense now, doesn't it?!!