[Bluegrass Conservative]

. . . and an adherent of an ancient Viking religion . . .

Yeah, that's the guy you want to get stuck sharing a cell with! LOL

[Skooz]

ancient Viking:

[Kurt_D]

Actually the term "viking religion" is inaccurate. Vikings are not an ethnic group but a caste of warriors. Asatru is the name for the cult of the Nordic pantheon, which includes deities like Odin, Freja, Loki, etc. This pre-Christian set of beliefs was dominant throughout Germanic Europe (Scandinavia, Germany, England, etc.).

What surprises me is that the author of the article relates these new-age pagans with the KKK. The Klan espouses a very extravagant form of Christianity, and Asatru (sometimes called Odinism) is inherently anti-Christian.

[eastsider]

... and an adherent of an ancient Viking religion ...

Yeah, that's the guy you want to get stuck sharing a cell with!

"I'm Thor!"

"You're Thor? I'm tho Thor, I can't even move ..."

[GovernmentShrinker]

Actually Asatru is a legitmate and well-organized religion. The article is misleading in that poor paragraph structure implies that the inmate whose religion has ties to the KKK and the inmate who adheres to the Asatru religon are the same person. Ain't so -- Asatru is very serious about keeping any white supremacist stuff out of its ranks. The first sentence of the article is clearer, listing "a white supremacist" separately from "an adherent of an ancient Viking religion".