Taking our holiday back
By Dethblight ~ I posted this last year around the holidays, but unfortunately I waited too long and it did not appear on the front page until after the holiday season was over. I received several comments from people saying that they found this article very helpful in trying to find a non-christian way to celebrate the holidays, so I thought I'd re-post it this year BEFORE the holidays are over. Enjoy! L et me start by saying that while I do identify myself as an Asatruan, from a practical standpoint I know that the existence of Odin , Thor, Asgard, etc are about as likely as the existence of Yahweh, Jesus, and so on. However, I do identify with the principles and ideals of my ancestral religion, and I like our mythos much better than that associated with other religions! Many years ago our ancestors (this will apply to most peoples of the world, but for the purposes of this article I mean Northern Europeans) were forced to adopt Christianity by means of trickery, deceit...