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Captain_Raamsley on scored.co
1 year ago13 points(+0/-0/+13Score on mirror)4 children
He wasn't all about it. He had an interest in Germanic paganism as a cultural and religious thing before Christianization, and he seemed to hold it in high regard. It's important to note that Germanic paganism, like Hellenic paganism, was not the same kind of thinly veiled barbaric demon worship as that of 'baal', 'moloch', 'remphan', 'chiun', 'horus' etc. The Germanic pagans and the Hellenes almost never committed human sacrifice to my knowledge as opposed to the Levantine gods. I'm not an expert. Other anons can fill in more here.
1 year ago3 points(+0/-0/+3Score on mirror)4 children
>It's important to note that Germanic paganism, like Hellenic paganism, was not the same kind of thinly veiled barbaric demon worship as that of 'baal', 'moloch', 'remphan', 'chiun', 'horus' etc.
well of course, that much is obvious. One of the things i dislike about the spread of christianity throughout europe is how the christians destroyed all the pagan records, so their customs and beliefs are largely unknown to us
1 year ago7 points(+0/-0/+7Score on mirror)1 child
The Christians literally preserved nordic paganism, actually, we literally wouldnt have the prose edda today in any form if some monks hadnt written it down.
Honestly I believe that this is a mostly overblown belief, although some certainly did make efforts to destroy paganism in all writings and monuments I believe they were few and far between. Destruction through being forgotten is far more plausible, and also it must be noted that most likely destructions were committed by people who were formerly pagan themselves, and of course there are the famous cases which go against this like Boniface.
To be fair, hellenic and roman paganism had degenerated to demon worship by the time Christianity arrived, but I assume most forms of paganism started out as ancestor worship till devil's co-opted them by performing false miracles in the name of long dead heroes, all while perverting their memory.
well of course, that much is obvious. One of the things i dislike about the spread of christianity throughout europe is how the christians destroyed all the pagan records, so their customs and beliefs are largely unknown to us
The ONLY reason we know what we do about Germanic paganism is because Christians wrote it down.
-Tyronius Quintavius Maximums
The Jews in the Old Testament practiced human sacrifice too.
It's in the Torah, one of Christians' sacred books.