Heathenry

I don't believe Catholics are though. hmm

Originally posted by debbiejo
My grandma never said that.......Hmm

Well...I've been lectured by Cardinal O'Brien on this so...

Originally posted by Grand_Moff_Gav
Well...I've been lectured by Cardinal O'Brien on this so...

I've been lectured by Cardinal O'Brien on this so...

Originally posted by Nellinator
It doesn't matter.

Then, neither does anything you have left to say. Coward.

Originally posted by Devil King
Then, neither does anything you have left to say. Coward.

Telling me what you don't like about my question is a poor substitute for actually answering it.

Why answer your question? Does it serve a good purpose? Unlikely. By not telling you I achieve the same thing.

Originally posted by Nellinator
Why answer your question? Does it serve a good purpose? Unlikely. By not telling you I achieve the same thing.

Not from an outsider's perspective.

Originally posted by Nellinator
Why answer your question?

Because I asked it. And you have absolute truth on your side.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Not from an outsider's perspective.

Originally posted by Devil King
Because I asked it. And you have absolute truth on your side.

Originally posted by Nellinator
Not that it matters...

It mattered enough for you to reply.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
It mattered enough for you to reply.

Originally posted by Nellinator
Which doesn't give it a very specific quantity.

By all means, give it one by answering my question.

Originally posted by anaconda
the one from Scotland?

That's him, though he's an Ulsterman.

a controversial man, or is it just press being biased against him?

As Catholics go, he's not controversial at all.

What so I started this thread to talk about Heathenry but instead I get 4 full pages of nothing but Christanity. Hey Christians only forcibly converted the Norse people to Christanity and killed off other Christian sects, but hey feel free to hijack this thread as well. 😒:

christianity and heathens goes hand in hand as with other religious views they all form a symbiont circle

Hey Christians only forcibly converted the Norse people

Originally posted by anaconda
christianity and heathens goe hand in hand as with other religious views they all form a symbiont circle

Yeah if you want to put it like that.... but im refering to Christain fundies.

Originally posted by anaconda

not entirely true, many Norse was chrisitan before it was made the sole religion, that many was forced yes, but it is also very exaggerated stories to create religious martyrs. The likes of OLav HAraldson (st OLav/OLaf) who was slain at the battle of Stiklestad 1030, he was cannonized due to that he brought chrisitianity to the heatens here in Norway and was slain for it. Truth behind the stroy though is most of his opponents were christians and fought him cause he was a tyrrant and for regional political issues

I was under the impression that one of the main reasons why the Norse people became Christain was because it was made an agenda to make the pagans Christain. I dont think brute force was just used but economics as well and also basically just being a pest as well. What I mean is that missionaries didnt always use force but targeted pagans for conversion.

I know some Heathens accepted chistanity without force and some didnt have a problem with it but you can see in some Sagas that followers of Thor were getting pissed of with Christain missionaries because they were pushing Christanity onto them. Im pretty sure that Thor was seen as an opponent of Jesus in Norway.

Didnt Scandanvian countries have to actually stop practising heathenism?