u/Honest_Art_7760

I ask, because i myself don't think I have any roots to these places. Although, my great grandma was Scottish. So Celtic paganism does indeed interest me but unfortunately there's more information on Irish paganism than Scottish. Irish paganism has more documented manuscripts and Scottish paganism is...almost of a mystery and more abstract. Don't wanna get into the history of that right now lol.

Anyways. I'm interested in Norse paganism...but have like no roots to any of these places. Do you guys think it's ok for me to get involved or consider myself a Norse pagan? (If I ever do, of course. Ive been researching religions and haven't felt comfortable labeling myself as a follower to any of them yet.)

I'm just curious. Some people think that their beliefs and their ways are "the only way". Some may not care to say and just privately only believe in their religion while they think others aren't valid. But they just don't say.

How do some of you guys view other pantheons? Such as Celtic, Greek, Egyptian. Etc. do you think they're also real but you stick with the Norse pantheon.....maybe do some of you guys think gods/goddesses show themselves differently to different people and that's why we have a vast array of pantheons?....

I realize I'm going to get different answers as each persons beliefs are different.

I'm asking also for myself because if I would get into Norse paganism (or asatru)...i don't want to believe that that's the ONLY way...because it invalidates all other pre Christian faiths when they were very regional.

Just curious to hear different takes on it :)

Looking for any free resources I can find right now till I can afford some books.

Interested in heathenry/asatru. :)

I have been searching for different religions. Oddly enough I never looked into Norse paganism even though my dad has been into it for years now. Over a decade.

Recently I've been looking into Buddhism but oh my god is that ever confusing....lol...so I'm deciding to stick to something more closer to home.

However...my dad calls himself apart of the asatru. I asked him what this meant, meaning he follows the major Norse gods in one realm I can't remember the name of. He broke down the word asatru for me.(I can't remember what he said exactly do excuse me if I'm wrong) He is not apart of the "folk assembly"....

But recently I've mentioned online that my dad was apart of the asatru faith and immediately a person said that asatru is a white supremacist group. I told him no that my dad was not apart of that specific group and this person said (who was apparently raised pagan) that he's never heard a heathen call themselves asatru.....

So...is asatru ok? My values are that everyone should be included. Religion is for everyone...this is why I've ran from mainstream religions in the first place. And Buddhists have welcomed me so much into their own temples....so like...all religions should do that. No matter who they are, where they grew up, where they were born or how they identify as. That's my values. No exclusivity.

Is it just the folk assembly that's given the word a bad rap now? Even my dad said "yeah I hate that that's what people think of when they hear asatru now. The media ruined it."

I am new. I literally foreign when it comes to Buddhism. So when I try to grasp and understand it and ask question...I seem to be getting negative responses.

Is this how people teach things? Lol...if a kid in a class asks a question that's wrong does the teacher shut them down? Holy cow man.

Incredibly heart breaking when you find a religion that has values that speak to you and you get shut down for trying to understand and grasp it. Maybe it's just cause it's Reddit...

I get that nothing is permanent now. Even terminal illnesses...cause it ends when you die.

But...I have really bad ocd. Trying to expose myself to germs more and more.

Im seeing my boyfriend next week and I'm working around people that have colds. And I don't want to get sick. I was thinking....isn't having a cold suffering? That doesn't come from wants. Sometimes you just get a cold. And you suffer from that cold/virus.

What about my ocd? Anxiety? Depression? ADHD....? That all causes me to suffer....

Not trying to be criticising. I'm genuinely interested in Buddhism and have found a gelug monestary to visit.

The Dalai Lama said to ask why right? Investigate. I'm asking why and questioning 🤨