Thread on Asatru

[Gaest]

Hey again,

Thanks for the comments and questions =)

1) Like any other religion Asatru (Germanic - / North European Heathenry being a more encompassing term) got racists and extreme nationalists - can´t really help that.
These groups are usually shunned by the more moderate and, AFAIK, bigger groups of Heathens. It does not bother me whether people of African or Chinese ethnicity pick up Asatru, and I have no problem with attending a ceremony with them - if they perform the right actions and give proper sacrifices.

2) The reconstruction of Germanic religiosities and worldviews are not bound up on ethnicity but culture (the one I participates in anyway).

OK, you claim in the existence of Norse god's and I suppose you claim to be in touch with them in some way. There is an easy way to prove it just tell me in which direction Tyr is. I think I can point in to where he is, but that is through study, not the interaction of the gods. Find anyone who knows in your religion, an equal knowledge to mine over that point.

*points towards Sjælland*
Please tell me where your study tells you he is...

Asatru is a recently invented religion it has no connection to the original faith, so it does not know the original practices of the North Europeans, unless by study. As far as I know no god has spoken to an Asatruist, so their only knowledge of original practices is through published works, unless a god told them.

That´s why we study
I have not talked with any gods either...

Umm, you DO know this is atheist forum?

From whence did you get the quaint notion that people here would care about your personal superstitions?

So far,all I've seem is criticism and ridicule,which I think is entirely appropriate.

This is the "Religion" section though, or to be more specific; "Other Religions" section.

Apparently somebody do. If you don´t you are free to not read it or put me on ignore...

Oh idk Pad, a large amount of the current pagan culture deals with stereotypes or misconceptions about pagan beliefs. There is a lot of emphasis placed upon correcting these misconceptions in their literature and general PR (the idea being that paganism would be taken more seriously if this were corrected, it seems). The OP may feel that he is somehow engaging himself in the pagan community by offering to discuss his particular brand of paganism here with us. I care, I'm positively thrilled that I get the opportunity to dive into this thread as opposed to the constant christian drone.

You´re quite right. I also have a personal motive though; It is also fruitful to my own understanding of my religion to discuss with Atheists, since they have perspectives and knowledge that most Asatru and Christians do not.

Something that springs to mind, btw OP.

"The unwise man thinks all to know,
while he sits in a sheltered nook;
but he knows not one thing, what he shall answer,
if men shall put him to proof."

Vafþrúðnismál 9

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Bwahahahaha, reading through the thread you linked I come acrossthis

Thank you sir, for the breath of fresh air. Loki, btw, easily my favorite fairy tale creature.

Heh, he definitly brings some funny flavour to the myths

Talking about funny pics: http://www.thepaincomics.com/weekly041229a.htm debates are pretty shortlived in the Asatru milieu