The ‘Saint’ Who Chopped Down Thor’s Sacred Tree

[Fractal]

It's not hard to understand once you get it that just about all religion on earth is demonic inspired, except the true one (which cannot really be called a religion), and indeed the native shamanic ones especially.

It sounds like you side with the pagan gods instead of the one true God, who does not accept into his sight such idolatry.

Wait a minute, wouldn't that be an infringement on the heathens' freedom to practice their own religion? And what do think of Hindu temples in the UK?

[Loki]

Wait a minute, wouldn't that be an infringement on the heathens' freedom to practice their own religion? And what do think of Hindu temples in the UK?

Well I wouldn't do anything to damage other people's property, it's not my job.

What do I think of Hindu temples in the UK? Well, they are the same, whether they are in the UK or in India, there's no difference. They are temples to idols.

[SkyBurn]

Perhaps the "saint" might've been singing a different tune had he been brought up by pagan parents. Perhaps if the pope was was brought up in SE Asia he might've been a Buddhist. Religion is fickle and is transplanted and corrupted from one generation to the next. Physical cultural icons and historical creations, on the other hand, do not. Sad, but things like this happened heaps throughout history (and is not limited to religion - the French defacement of the Great Sphinx of Giza comes to mind).

[Smeagol]

the French defacement of the Great Sphinx of Giza comes to mind

Myth. It was Muslims who defaced the Sphinx.
Legends have passed over hundreds of years regarding the simple omission in this photograph of the Sphinx and the Pyramid of Khafre, part of the Giza Pyramid (or Great Pyramid) complex in Egypt. Where is the Sphinx’s nose? Many of us have heard the tale that a cannonball fired by Napoleon’s soldiers hit the nose and caused it to break off. Sketches of the Sphinx by the Dane Frederic Louis Norden were created in 1737 and published in 1755, well before the era of Napoleon. However, these drawings illustrate the Sphinx without a nose and clearly contradicts the legend. So what really happened?

The Egyptian Arab historian al-Maqrīzī wrote in the 15th century that the nose was actually destroyed by a Sufi Muslim named Muhammad Sa'im al-Dahr. In 1378 CE, Egyptian peasants made offerings to the Great Sphinx in the hope of controlling the flood cycle, which would result in a successful harvest. Outraged by this blatant show of devotion, Sa'im al-Dahr destroyed the nose and was later executed for vandalism. Whether this is absolute fact is still debatable.
https://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/...ose-180950757/

[catgeorge]

Christianity = strength in mind and spirit

Look at the world and the west today leading the way - the slow transition to the old gods which is feminine in nature as mother earth is a lady metaphorically is turning men into women and women into men. No strength in mind and spirit just a multiracial and hermaphrodite multicultural confused world with self consciousness that espouses little dignity and plenty degeneracy. If a man stands up to be counted he gets shot down as being too manly for speaking his mind ala Donald Trump. But if women are seen being manly they are applauded

[Drusilla]

When I went to an exhibition of Ancient Egyptian art at the Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris) with my school, the guide told us (students) that the reason why noses are missing from so many Egyptian statues is because cutting off noses meant disapproval for the person or allegory represented.

Apparently there's a more recent theory that says it was meant to whitewash any traces of African ancestry.

[Loki]

Apparently there's a more recent theory that says it was meant to whitewash any traces of African ancestry.

I've heard that one too, but I think that is just more of the ridiculous Afrocentrism that has taken root recently.

[Skjaldemjøden]

It's all good and well to have one's beliefs, but to celebrate and uphold the destruction of items of cultural value is disgusting. It's like the Taliban blowing up the stone Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan. They have cultural value.

Man, I have to think about this.