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Message Subject Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods since Viking age
Poster Handle Anonymous Coward
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It could be that some have not read the article.

Headline is:

A modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in recent years as followers see the stories as metaphors for life not worship of the gods

This is a celebration of their culture, which I fully support.

From the article:

“I don’t believe anyone believes in a one-eyed man who is riding about on a horse with eight feet,” said Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, high priest of Ásatrúarfélagið, an association that promotes faith in the Norse gods.

“We see the stories as poetic metaphors and a manifestation of the forces of nature and human psychology.”

This is respecting the roots of their culture and what motivated them to be who they are then and now.

I am a Christian and am not offput nor offended by the building of this temple. They could not have been clearer on what their intentions are.

I just don't think people are actually reading the article and are just responding to the thread title.
 Quoting: Aspamce


Oh I read the article alright, and I stand by what I said.

If you were close to the Lord, you would see the error in all of this.

Celebrating ones roots, if the roots are bad, isn't a good thing......spiritually speaking.

And, it's not that "i'm" offended, or "you're" not offended, it's about what the ALMIGHTY CREATOR thinks and if HE is offended.........cause that's all that matters!
 Quoting: daughteroftheking


No, I do not accept your thinking that unless I agree that this is a spit in the face of Christ then I am not close to the Lord. I no more find this wrong than I do Native Americans who celebrate their heritage and adhere to "old ways" yet go to church every Sunday. The builders of the temple are very clear on their intent. They are very clear in terms of not worshipping pagan gods.

The only thing I agree with in your statement is that what matters is what God thinks. Whatever you think my relationship to the Lord is, whatever you think about how this offends you, does not matter in the least. Ultimately that is between me and God and not me and you.

It is also not up to you nor I to determine whether or not their "roots" are bad. That judgment, again, is not up to you. You are certainly free to comment on it, but its value is in the eye of the beholder.
 Quoting: Aspamce


The old Germanic and Norse folkways are indeed quite similar to Native American beliefs in many ways.

The old north European Germanic and Norse divinities never required worship or sacrifice.

They are better thought of in the Jungian sense as kinsmen -- archetypal and spectacular kinsmen -- but kinsmen nonetheless.

They are like grandparents or great aunts and uncles we always hear stories about. People say someone is close to a Divinity, the same as he takes after an ancestor.

Ancestors -- But larger than life.

Indwelling, hereditary memes.

And if someone thinks I have "bad roots" and am a bad person for honoring both my Anishinaabe Native AND my Germanic heritage...

... at least I am honoring what is mine, and not lamely trying to "graft" myself onto some semitic desert clan.

Sorry, Aspamance, I mean no slight to Christians who honestly follow the teachings of Jesus in word and in deed, and who shed light and compassion upon a troubled world in time of conflict.
 Quoting: goodmockingbird



That's the thing we are given two options Christianity or atheism.

Its like a set up really!
 
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