Eventually, any group/society that evolved past hunter / gatherer has led to some kind of social stratification. Therefore, anger towards religion, and self proclaimed faith in so called pagan gods is just utter non sense as any group faith always had the intention of putting one group under the allegiance of another. It is my view that they all lead to the coercion of one strat of society upon another. All ultimately led by political and religious (of any kind) power stratification. Same applied to early viking societies. I find it ironic that some claim that living under some ancestral pseudo "heathen honor" would lead them to a better life, which usually (applied to today's standards) entails "skin color, superiority, etc" and from reading some of the "heathen" non-sense on the forum leads me to believe the same theory.
Reading the OP thread makes me chuckle as his post is filled with historical non-sense and is the pure plagiarism of what plagues today's world about misconception of ancient world views. (in this case, viking era).
Reading the original post bored me, it offered nothing new but whoring yourself out to being a victim of what happened centuries ago. You make it sound as if anyone who listens to AA has some sort of inner viking spirit to defeat the ills of this world, which is as stupid as running to your local store to buy a Mjolnir and think you are the heathen's last hope for survival.
AA is running a business (a band) not a charity and stone circle for 17yo who want to change the face of their town by wishing all christians in their town end up on the gallows.
Regardless of what old tradition means, find me one group who under some "deities" has not killed his brother, neighbor, etc.
I got bored of posting on this forum because being a supposed heathen or AA fan was the new trendy thing to be. Their latest albums are just showing it, the forums are showing it, they are capitalizing on the success, younger crowd. I still love the music but really could care less for the message, it bores me. I guess they found their niche.
If you want to argue, don't speak in tongues, don't cut and paste you new favorite heathen bands lyrics, come up with something original. Most of what I read just leads me to believe that people bitch about religion and christianity, and most are just sheeps to whatever else they believe is the right "belief".
That's my view, feel free to comment.