Heathenry is experiencing a resurgence. The polytheistic religion, one that traces its origin to Norse myths that tell of the universe’s creation and prophesy its destructive end, was at one time stifled following the end of the Viking Age and the subsequent spread of Christianity. One such collections of myths, “The Prose Edda” — authored by Icelandic historian and politician Snorri Sturluson sometime around the year 1220 — provides much of what the modern world knows about Norse mythology: Yggdrasil, Asgard and the Aesir, a tribe of gods and goddesses with names like Odin, Thor, Loki, Frigg and Idun.
Now, nearly 800 years after Sturluson’s “Edda,” a small group of sailors aboard the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis has adopted these deities as the pillars of their religion, according to a Navy release. The chapel onboard Stennis is where Aviation Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Joshua Wood, a once-Roman Catholic sailor from Eagle River, Alaska, fills the duties of Heathenry lay leader, a position of religious leadership that must be appointed by a unit’s commanding officer. As the most senior practitioner of Heathenry — observant for five years now — Wood is tasked with leading a small group of sailors devoted to the Norse gods and goddesses in weekly services that are even advertised on the ship’s one-main circuit.
But that's not news OP, everyone knows the navy is gay.
James Hill
But what do you do? What exactly are the services? What do you do for each god and what does that do for each god? Do the gods do anything after the service? Surely they know these basic things and aren't just athiests LARPing as vikings.
Gabriel Torres
If people in numerous heresies such as Americanism can LARP as Christians, they surely can LARP as Pagans now.
A very small minority get really really hardcore about it (to the point of essentially attempting to reconstruct pre-Christian pagan society on a micro-community scale.) The vast majority, as this user implies are basically winging it.
For example, from the article:
GWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!
Evan Turner
This. They're just accepting the calling to their Celtic "ancestors".
Did anyone tell them Sturluson was christian and that they're basing their worship on a collection of tales recorded by someone who literally didn't even believe them?
Kayden King
The greatest Jewish trick of all: “Jesus is one of us, Goyim, so if you don’t like us, you better find something else to worship!” So many souls lost, just because people couldn’t handle having to be the same as their parents or having to give up their degeneracy.
Leo Wilson
Imagine my shock. I bet they drink sea water by imagining that they're slurping the semen of Thor and Poseidon.
Colton Powell
So many idiotic WNs have dropped their faith for that stupid reason. So what if Jesus was Jewish? He wanted to impose the same standard towards Jews and Gentiles. He wasn't vindictive and hateful who wanted his neighbor jobless for performing a Roman salute, he was a forgiving and loving who wanted his neighbor to prosper by following the proper path.
Yeah but then they’re like “Muh Slave Morality” and start quoting all this militeristic Nietzschian rhetoric. Fact is, like I said before, the real thing I think isn’t even that Christianity is Jewish, since then the Jews would be pushing it and everyone would be brainwashed by the media to blindly love it. It’s that we grew up in a society where Christianity, while not explicitly the spiritual default is what a good majority of people come from, and because of that they think it’s stupid and boring and whatever and thus they want to find something new. in reality, LARPaganism is like the tribal drumbeats of religion while Christianity is like the Beatles or Bach: the later is objectively more tolerable and shows more complexity, and thus is more popular, but some go for the former just because it’s different and supposedly older, even though Christianity is readily accepted by any culture it comes into contact with and most people accept modernatiy for better or for worse as soon as it’s offered.
Logan Rodriguez
The constitution says freedom of religion Trumps quotes Witch hut So what is the USA constitution ? Freedom of protest We don't want to be sued.
So we need a law we're Christians can arm their selves with guns and kill people who threaten them.
Stand your ground The Bible says what to do to witches
The new United States of America Communist ideology Trump
Parker Sullivan
I bet you these are some secret Zig Forums larpers just as much as the comment above me
Grayson Howard
Christians wouldn’t enlist to defend ((America)) in the first. Zogbots deserve no respect or pity.
Dylan Turner
Funny. Because the navy is the branch leading the world in trannies for some reason. Almost like the navy full of homosexuals or something.
All there saying is the Bible says to kill all witches. Do you know American history ? Do you know catholic religion ? Do you know stand your ground law ?
What does the hand gesture for Indian tomahawk mean ?
Your constitutional rights have been stopped. Look at all the leaders wanting to be communist. Let's act like Catholics
Jace Young
You should go to a military grave, look at 99% of the graves there, and look at that claim again.
Parker Jones
Also, Wow people literally die so you can live a free life and you’re ungrateful. What is wrong with you? Be greatful for people who’ll make a sacrifice that you never could. Smh
Yeah we should be grateful that fake Christians died for sodomites can parade young boys dressed like whores in the streets. America truly a beautiful Christian nation.
Sebastian Nelson
That's right goyim, die for the GAY DISCO
Ian Scott
People die for your a$$. Even if you hate this nation’s soldiers, you can’t call them “fake Christians” just because you don’t like them. If you really hate this country because you’ve been brainwashed by Zig Forums to where you think it’s full of liberals who hate white people or whatever you can come up with, maybe you should go visit a North Korean prison and see how bad it is there. You don’t have the freedom of speech or religion (or food) there. How absolutely unbelievably spoiled and ungreatful you are. The only reason you don’t like the military is because you’re too big a coward to join it. I swear this board is sometimes more retarded than safe spaces are. Sorry to rant at you, but I feel strongly on this.
Isaac Perez
Thank you for your service. Thank you for your service. Thank you for your service. Can I get some of that CIA opium real quick?
Juan Foster
Absolutely glow-in-the-dark
Landon Edwards
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Caleb Hall
Soldiers die for their government. If somebody distrusts their government then all the bumper sticker slogans in the world aren't going to win their support. And you don't need to please everyone, even if it were possible.
USA, the world's leading exporter of military intervention, is not doing this to protect the lives or rights or property or feelings of its own citizens. Protecting their lives would mean shutting down MS-13 not Taliban, protecting their rights would mean rebuilding DC not Baghdad, protecting their property would mean bombing the federal reserve not Syria, and protecting their feelings is none of the government's business. The only country better off than before is Iraq, and that came after repeatedly flirting with total collapse as Obama ripped-out and started funding their enemies. The entire Dubya administration after the invasion was just the same old "mission not finished, send more death and taxes."
Hudson Gonzalez
Prostagma?
Grayson Butler
Atheism 2.0 is shaping up pretty sadly.
Jace Diaz
Tritomos.
John Green
LARPers gonna LARP. Historians don't know enough about some of these religions. And barely a thing about all.
Samuel King
Atheism 2.0 becoming a bigger embarrassment than new atheism. Next one will be white Islam.
Luis Sullivan
There are many books about witches and what the Bible says to do. Can the witches sue these authors like the First Lady did ? Does anyone have photos of the us military haveing blackout Aka black face paint ?
Evan Stewart
Rene Guénon talked about 'neospiritualism' being the inevitable result of modernity. Everyone understands even on a subconscious level that there is something wrong with modern society as being divorced from tradition, therefore they seek traditions of old to fill the void they can't articulate.
Hunter Perry
America is a disgusting whore who is about to be burned up with fire.
