Originally posted by sumydid Well at least you can appreciate a Christian author. Kudos!
Hah! Touche.
I supposed you are referring to Snorri Sturlisson or perhaps Saxo Grammaticus. Well for the record I do not consider them a primary source for my beliefs although I think a fair amount of information regarding pre-Christian belief can be derived from them but once must be careful to view such authors with a skeptical lense. You see my religion is a bit different than yours. We do not take everything we are told or that which is written by other human beings as absolute truth.
I supposed you are referrining to Snorri Sturlisson or perhaps Saxo Grammaticus. Well for the record I do not consider them a primary source for my beliefs although I think a fair amount of information regarding pre-Christian belief can be derived from them but once must be careful to view such authors with a skeptical lense. You see my relig ...[text shortened]... ot take everything we are told or that which is written by other human beings as absolute truth.
No, I was referring to your mention of Asgard, i.e. Tolkien. Sorry to disappoint you! 🙂
Anyway, I can dig it. Seriously.
If my faith were based solely on the trust of words written by other people, then it would be an empty facade of a faith indeed. No argument there.
Originally posted by sumydid No, I was referring to your mention of Asgard, i.e. Tolkien. Sorry to disappoint you! 🙂
Anyway, I can dig it. Seriously.
If my faith were based solely on the trust of words written by other people, then it would be an empty facade of a faith indeed. No argument there.
Your Tolkein comment is just a wisecrack isn't it? You do realize that Asgard is not a Tolkien invention don't you? Please tell me that you do because that would be like me assuming that Christian mythology was a creation of some 20th century author.
Of course you don't think that. It must have just been a wisecrack then. But seriously do you have any knowledge whatsoever of the primary sources of Teutonic mythology?
Originally posted by sumydid I know nothing of Teutonic Mythology. My Pagan brother could probably go on about it for hours, but, it's not of interest to me.
I know of Asgard from the Tolkien trilogy. Nothing beyond that.
That's fine. At least now it is squarely on the table that I know a lot more about your spirituality than you do mine.