[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.

[Bluegrass Conservative]

Actually the term "viking religion" is inaccurate. Vikings are not an ethnic group but a caste of warriors.

But couldn't the "caste of warriors" had a particular religion? Wouldn't that be similar to the Knights Templar?

What surprises me is that the author of the article relates these new-age pagans with the KKK.

The article says that "one" of the plantiffs is associated with the KKK. Unless the Klan has changed a lot lately, I'm betting it is the white supremacist.

[RebelBanker]

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.

I think the author was referring to two different people there. In the first paragraph, the white supremacist and the pagan were listed separately. I have heard of an allegedly Christian church that is made up of white supremacists, IIRC it is called the First Church of the Creator. (I am not positive, so please do not flame me if I got it wrong!) Separately, a number of neo-Nazi groups are believed to follow a corrupt form of the old pantheistic religion that was common in Germany a few centuries ago.

[berserker]

What surprises me is that the author of the article relates these new-age pagans with the KKK.

Reread the article. The adherent of the church associated with the KKK joined the lawsuit based on the legal issues, and not based on any relations with the others' beliefs. That was his only connection to the other plaintiffs (besides being incarcerated).