Posted on 07/18/2018 11:55:30 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
About 1000 years ago, paganism was practically stamped out in Iceland, while Christianity was ushered in. But Nordic neopaganism, under the name of Ásatrúarfélagið (sometimes called Asatru), has now become the fastest growing belief system in the country. And after years in the making, the believers of this faith are on the brink of worshipping in their first temple.
Business Insider Nordic reports the statistics on just how fast Ásatrúarfélagið has grown, “From 570 members in 2002, the ‘association of the faith of the Æsir’ – Ásatrúarfélagið – now numbers 3900 Icelanders, making it the largest non-Christian religion in the country.”
The Ásatrúarfélagið’s first temple, built to honor Odin and Thor, is expected to be ready by the end of 2018. The temple was originally set to be built in 2016, but technical problems have delayed construction work. It is designed by Icelandic architect and Ásatrúarfélagið member Magnús Jensson and will be in Reykjavik.
(Excerpt) Read more at ancient-origins.net ...
They want you to worship Government AND Government leaders, I.E. THEM...
That is why Totalitarian societies always have a cult of personality.
It’s just the pendulum swinging, like it does every thousand years. What’s old is new again.
Much better use of time than killing Downs babies.
Hey, we’ve already got two days of the week named for them, (Wednesday and Thursday), so why not have a monument for them?
Silly people playing dress up!
They must live really dull lives.
First, Iceland isn’t exactly ‘Europe’.
Second, it has been all the mush-headeed-soft-hearted European Christians that have allowed the whole place to go to the mohammedans.
Third, you don’t get to touch ‘the first cheek’, let alone ‘the other cheek’, in Asatru, without opening that well-known ‘can of whup’.
Fourth, Asatru has been rising in North America as well.
A muslim refugee to that island will whine and threaten and these soyboys will fold.
When liberal secularists stripped away Christianity, they didn’t destroy the religious impulse. People just reverted to the pagan strains, whether openly like this or indirectly, like the Mother Earth worship built into the environmentalist movement.
They’ll get a lot of attendees for showing the Thor and Avenger movies. It could even be a religious rite for them.
A revival of Norse Pagan “gods” ? That’s not good.
Fortunately our “secular” minded elite isn’t inclined towards the worship of idols representing evil religions.
Oh, wait...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/20/palmyra-arch-syria-new-york
“Europe has come full circle now.”
Guaranteed to happen since 1517. It was just a matter of time and human nature.
......................Thor............................................................................................Odin
Cool.
” A new age of Christian martyrdom is coming.”
Can’t they use Muslims instead?
The Pagans are making a come back!
Lutefisk is for sqiuds............
I can still smell the smell
“Valhalla I am coming....”
All cultures are equal!!!!!!!!11
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