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Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods since Viking age
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/02/iceland-temple-norse-gods-1000-years ^ | February 3, 2015

Posted on 02/02/2015 7:00:08 PM PST by MeshugeMikey

Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction starting this month on the island’s first major temple to the Norse gods since the Viking age. Worship of the gods in Scandinavia gave way to Christianity around 1,000 years ago but a modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in Iceland.

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KEYWORDS: faithandphilosophy; gods; godsgravesglyphs; iceland; neopaganism; norse; ohsomysteriouso; pagan; paganism; pagans; temple
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To: NorthMountain

there it is!


141 posted on 02/11/2015 8:22:23 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: FBD

“Your inability to have a reasonable discussion without creating some silly strawman is also duly noted.”

You need to look up projection.

And study history.

Atheists have the bloodiest history and by far the most murders.


142 posted on 02/11/2015 8:28:11 AM PST by ifinnegan
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To: FBD

“As long as someone still believes in some sort of god, no matter how bloodthirsty and violent that belief system is, its better than an absence of a *belief system*, no matter how peaceful. That’s quite a mindset you have.”

Atheists have belief systems.

Again, you don’t make sense.


143 posted on 02/11/2015 8:30:26 AM PST by ifinnegan
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