Dr Archeville Wrote:
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> And anyway, it's quite possible to combine the two
> religious beliefs of Norse Gods and Wicca.
> They're nowhere near as antagonistic as
> Protestantism & Catholicism or Catholicism
> & Islam.
And that right there is the major point of contention Doc, between "traditional" Asatruar and practioners of "Norse-Wicca". Modern day Wiccans, as opposed to the PreChristian wicca (masculine) and wicce (feminine) of Anglo-Saxon culture, ie. Nordic culture, operates on a pseudo-Campbellian principle that all beliefs are more or less interchangeable and are merely different expressions of the same underlying mystery.
Of course, if you actually consult what Joseph Campbell said on the matter of eclecticism in the practice of spiritual beliefs, it really isn't that simple and comes across quite differently, ie. with alot of respect paid to culture, tradition, and the underlying integrity of differning components of belief.
In contrast, modern day Asatru has an ever strengthening cultural orientation, believing that elements of belief are best understood within the context of the culture of origin, and letting the essential mystery remain what it fundamentally is ... mysterious and unknowable within the temporal world.
At the very least, Catholicsm, Protestantism, and Islam all spring from the same, cut in stone religious book.
Not that I need anyone to tug on my choker over such matters though.