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Heathenry is a term that comes from the "heath" or what we would call the hearth - the central part of the ancient home that provided heat and cooked food and l
by Fjolsvith 7y ago
Heathenry is a term that comes from the "heath" or what we would call the hearth - the central part of the ancient home that provided heat and cooked food and light. It was the gathering place of family and guests, where songs would be sung and stories told and games played and hospitality offered and accepted. The family shrine would typically be nearby.
The Norse gods are about family. They do whatever is needed to protect and help kith and kin. Lumping Odhinn and Thor with Loki as examples of moral ambiguity shows a total misunderstanding of the roles of each of the gods in Asatru.
And, implying the three Christian gods are paragons of virtue is laughable. There are examples of genocide and infanticide scattered throughout the Bible - it is a veritable bloodfest of violence. To say otherwise would be misleading people about the subject...
- wyldfire 7y ago> And, implying the three Christian gods are paragons of virtue is laughable. There are examples of genocide and infanticide scattered throughout the Bible - it is a veritable bloodfest of violence. To say otherwise would be misleading people about the subject... The canon of christianity includes the torah, and it is certainly filled with tales of a terrible god. But the gospel is much more generally virtuous. I'd say the inclusion of the torah provides a great context for the contemporary religion around the time of Christ's life but not a very good model for religion at all.
- Fjolsvith 7y agoIMHO, Christianity is a schizophrenic religion with its split deity (vengeful/jealous/unforgiving/domineering vs. loving/peaceful/tolerant/submissive). I see these split personality traits daily in the behaviors of people who follow that religion.