To me this seems like a giant attempt to undermine many traditions.
It's rather insulting to assume that Heathenry is comparible to Christianity. For starts, you should perhaps read up on philosophy, European and Eastern history, and sociology. Christianity is only 2013 years old. Heathenry and other pagan faiths are far older. They were practiced in very different parts of the world, by very different peoples.
Christianity is also an Abrahamic religion, and originated in the Middle East around 2000 years ago, it is based off the teaching of Judaism and the teachings of Jesus. This faith has an entirely different social-philosophical structure from Heathenry. The teachings are different, the divinity is different, the stories are different, and it's a foolhardy to attempt to compare them.
In fact, Christians as a society in Europe, tried to destroy Pagan faiths/peoples like the Heathens. They actively forced them to convert or die, they played social/political games to make everyone the same religion, which to me is a crime against divinity and nature.
In regards to the word Heathen - This word stems from "those who live on heaths." A heath is a field, hill, wild area. It was a term that the Romans gave to the Germanic people. This was also used to describe their faith. The use of it being compared to an ungodly person is incorrect.
In regards to Odin - Odin is not the really the "allfather", he had help creating the worlds and humanity.
In regards to Thor - Jesus Christ was a mortal man who ascended into heaven. Thor is the son of a god and is a god himself. Thor also carries a magical hammer and kills giants. How is that similar at all to Jesus?
In conclusion it is totally illogical to compare Heathenry and Christianity. The similarities you are producing are vague and being made because you are searching for them, and these religions have totally different structure of faith, and completely socio-philosophical structure.
Plus they arose in completely different times and areas of the world before either culture could communicate and have a chance to intermingle beliefs.
And not to be disresptful or offputting, but I don't see how someone who is neither Christian nor Heathen has any place to assume they are comparible.
Overall moral of the story, educate yourself.
Re: Christianity By: Kebs
Post # 22 Apr 07, 2013
It is common in the current practices of those of the Northern Tradition to veer towards calling themselves Heathen rather than of the Northern Tradition, as the definition for Northern Tradition includes groups such as British Traditional Wicca, and other groups out of England.
I think that this is slowly devolving into a "them-against-us" conversation, rather than being any part of what it was intended to be, which was to show Christianity as having an involvement in the practice of the occult.
