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>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
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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.
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.