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<blockquote data-quote="Radoste" data-source="post: 1342541" data-attributes="member: 17915"><p>When I was in a state of utter spiritual desperation after trying on a bunch of ideologies and thought systems, I earnestly tried to brainwash myself into assmilating pagan ethics and gods into my mind. I read Norse mythology, watched this guy's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXCxNFxw6iq-Mh4uIjYvufg" target="_blank">YouTube channel,</a> browsed Odinist websites, and tried directing my thoughts towards pagan gods. But I stopped after while because I couldn't get over how dumb and LARP-y it felt. I only considered it an option because so many people seemed to consider it viable. But for me it was no solution. Indeed, all the primary criticisms of paganism made perfect sense to me once I got over my aversion to "christcuckery". The fatalistic impotence of "waiting for Ragnarok" and the relative smallness and apparently very limited power of the pagan gods didn't do anything to combat the ever-present specter of nihilism in the back of my brain that I had to actively beat back each day. Neo-pagans have made simply made an idol of old Scandinavian culture, and it hasn't the power to save weary souls.</p><p></p><p>Once I tuned out the ubiquitous anti-Christian sentiments, I found that the framework provided by Christianity fit me like glove and since then I've felt at home in the universe. Existence isn't absurd anymore and that's thanks to Christianity, not paganism.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Radoste, post: 1342541, member: 17915"] When I was in a state of utter spiritual desperation after trying on a bunch of ideologies and thought systems, I earnestly tried to brainwash myself into assmilating pagan ethics and gods into my mind. I read Norse mythology, watched this guy's [URL='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXCxNFxw6iq-Mh4uIjYvufg']YouTube channel,[/URL] browsed Odinist websites, and tried directing my thoughts towards pagan gods. But I stopped after while because I couldn't get over how dumb and LARP-y it felt. I only considered it an option because so many people seemed to consider it viable. But for me it was no solution. Indeed, all the primary criticisms of paganism made perfect sense to me once I got over my aversion to "christcuckery". The fatalistic impotence of "waiting for Ragnarok" and the relative smallness and apparently very limited power of the pagan gods didn't do anything to combat the ever-present specter of nihilism in the back of my brain that I had to actively beat back each day. Neo-pagans have made simply made an idol of old Scandinavian culture, and it hasn't the power to save weary souls. Once I tuned out the ubiquitous anti-Christian sentiments, I found that the framework provided by Christianity fit me like glove and since then I've felt at home in the universe. Existence isn't absurd anymore and that's thanks to Christianity, not paganism. [/QUOTE]
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