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What's the general opinion on Asatru, the attempt to reconstruct or revive pre-Christian religion? It is my understanding that they're building a church/temple in Iceland. Harmless kooks? Cool folk traditions? (If this is an iffy question, ignore it.) Cessna fucked around with this message at 19:24 on Dec 17, 2013 |
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I'm an American who follows that path myself; I was just wondering how the general person-on-the-street in Iceland sees it...
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Dec 18, 2013 17:05
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Deceitful Penguin posted:From what the reaction was when I used to be ásatrúar on the forums I expect yanks aren't very fond of it, on either political end. I've never received any grief for it - not one bit. I suspect that this is because: 1. I live in Colorado, not the Bible Belt. Colorado is pretty open to this sort of thing. One of the ski towns even has an Ullr Festival; admittedly the whole thing is an excuse to get drunk and fall off skis, but it's still nice to see anyway. 2. I'm a pretty private person. I wear a Mjollnir, but it is under my shirt/tie at work. Co-workers who wear Crosses or the like do the same. 3. I have a job and wife and all that; I'm not a teenager. 4. No one knows what it is anyway. When it does come up, which is rare, the reaction is generally affable cluelessness. "You do what? Huh, I didn't know anyone did that." It's nice to know there's a place where people not only know what it but are positive towards it. Cessna fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Dec 19, 2013 |
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Dec 19, 2013 21:41
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PT6A posted:I think part of the negative reaction towards it in the States (and possibly Canada and Western Europe) has to do with how some white supremacist groups have co-opted it. Yeah, the hell with them. That's one drawback of not having any central organization; there's no one to kick out the people who make the reasonable people look bad by association. Cessna fucked around with this message at 23:21 on Dec 19, 2013 |
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Dec 19, 2013 23:11
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TerryLennox posted:Wish there was a Greek pantheon religion as I'm a big fan of the whole mythology. Google "Reconstructionist Hellenism" and hunt around a bit, it's there.
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