Do people still worship

[Gone002]

Greek gods and norse Gods today. Im just wondering why they are no longer main stream.

[skippy]

God defined as....

[Gone002]

Posted by skippy (here)
God defined as....

what God means today and what it ment back then, im not sure how this helps the question.

[skippy]

Without God, everthing is dust

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=2ofkZK1VLeA

[Dale]

Some people still do.

Consider the concept of Hellenic Polytheism, or the selective worship of several deities. Individuals who are considered beneath such a concept generally worship the Greek gods of antiquity (Apollo, Poseidon, Hades, etc...).

Here's a brief article on Hellenic Polytheism.

Though not mainstream, there are still small groups of individuals who worship the gods of our ancestors.

[DawgBone]

Some people believe that worship in combination with various forms of blood sacrifice was/is a technique to give power/energy to trans-dimensional beings. If this is true, then we humans were taught to worship by our masters.

No real God would require worship.

A father doesn't want his children to worship him. It is an obscene concept.

[Gone002]

Cool thanks Dale and others for the help.

[modwiz]

Posted by celt (here)
Greek gods and norse Gods today. Im just wondering why they are no longer main stream.

Especially in Scandinavia when the Kings changed their allegiance from the Old Gods to the Pope/Vicar of Christ many people followed. This largely obtained in the cities and populated areas. The country folk basically continued in the way of their forebears. It was these rustics that gave us words like pagan, ( hicks, hill people) and heathen ( country living heath dwellers).
When the King of the Franks converted to Catholicism the people converted en masse to be in alignment with their liege. Not everybody got this memo, however.

The irony of the word pagan, from Latin paganus, meaning "country dweller", "rustic" is that it was used by the metropolitan gods worshipping Romans who did their obeisance in temples with luxurious statues and ornamentation unlike the rude and vulgar tree and nature spirit honoring peasants. Both groups were polytheistic though on practice.

The usage of the word pagan by todays xtians is out of ignorance, like much of their teachings. It should be noted these types are the fire and brimstone bible literalists and not the more urbane mainstream Christians.

[Lord Sidious]

Posted by modwiz (here)

Posted by celt (here)
Greek gods and norse Gods today. Im just wondering why they are no longer main stream.

Especially in Scandinavia when the Kings changed their allegiance from the Old Gods to the Pope/Vicar of Christ many people followed. This largely obtained in the cities and populated areas. The country folk basically continued in the way of their forebears. It was these rustics that gave us words like pagan, ( hicks, hill people) and heathen ( country living heath dwellers).
When the King of the Franks converted to Catholicism the people converted en masse to be in alignment with their liege. Not everybody got this memo, however.

The irony of the word pagan, from Latin paganus, meaning "country dweller", "rustic" is that it was used by the metropolitan gods worshipping Romans who did their obeisance in temples with luxurious statues and ornamentation unlike the rude and vulgar tree and nature spirit honoring peasants. Both groups were polytheistic though on practice.

The usage of the word pagan by todays xtians is out of ignorance, like much of their teachings. It should be noted these types are the fire and brimstone bible literalists and not the more urbane mainstream Christians.

Olav Trygvasson was one that forced the Norwegians to convert under pain of death.
Some saint, no?

[Gaia]

The world of gods and men are not the only two existing ...To move forward while walking, it is useful to have a foot that rests on the ground while the other takes the risk of starting forward. It seems that the same is true for our personal journey. We need strong roots and we need momentum, a risk taking forward and the cult seeks to express these roots. To even participate in a forum like Avalon, to participate is already a spiritual exercise in itself. "Show me your diary and I'll tell you who you are, and what you will become !

[Davidallany]

Greek gods and norse Gods today. Im just wondering why they are no longer main stream.

Of course they are still worshiped, they just have different names.

[Icecold]

Posted by DawgBone (here)
Some people believe that worship in combination with various forms of blood sacrifice was/is a technique to give power/energy to trans-dimensional beings. If this is true, then we humans were taught to worship by our masters.

No real God would require worship.

A father doesn't want his children to worship him. It is an obscene concept.

If these 'gods' fed on thought energy as distinct from material energy (matter/food), then one can understand why a diety may require worship....to eat.

[Lord Sidious]

Posted by Icecold (here)

Posted by DawgBone (here)
Some people believe that worship in combination with various forms of blood sacrifice was/is a technique to give power/energy to trans-dimensional beings. If this is true, then we humans were taught to worship by our masters.

No real God would require worship.

A father doesn't want his children to worship him. It is an obscene concept.

If these 'gods' fed on thought energy as distinct from material energy (matter/food), then one can understand why a diety may require worship....to eat.

Like jehovah the war god. He has a taste for blood.
Lucky the miltary/industrial complex does too, no?

[Gone002]

Great info people thank you once again.

[Dennis Jonathan]

Interesting question Celt.

I would assume that there are still those who honor the gods, or pay some tribute to them privately. This, however, is a fraction of what was considered worship in ancient history. The temples, rituals, ceremonies, and priesthood of the Greek and Norse gods is probably extinct.

Just a guess though.

[Gone002]

Were did the Greek gods and norse Gods come from. Im aware of one view on this i.e they were not real. on the other hand even before the titans were did they come from in a religous sense.

[Lord Sidious]

Posted by celt (here)
Were did the Greek gods and norse Gods come from. Im aware of one view on this i.e they were not real. on the other hand even before the titans were did they come from in a religous sense.

As I posted elsewhere, the Norse believed that the gods were actual beings who guided them from an area north of the caucasus to Scandinavia.

[bodixa]

Celt - from memory - many of the Nordic Gods you would know of or their equivalents, are still recognised by modern pagans in Northern Europe.. I'm trying to find a good source...

The Norse, Vikings, Germanic tribes, all came her to Britain and left remnants of their traditions that meshed with what it here. A lot of what goes on in your average CofE service or church year/callendar harks back to that mish mash.... If you look at the practices of the Episcopal Churches, Anglican churches in the Eastern US... anything with British origin... they are in there - the Greeks, the Norse the LOT!
Modern Christianity is an incredible fusion of global ideas (well, not quite global, but you get my point), some of which still exist in their 'less fused' form, as Dale & Modwiz pointed out.

I don't know where you are so apologies...

That's my thoughts anyway... also a lot of mainstream notions of heaven / hell come from the Nordic Valhalla and hel

It's worth having a look at the Lindisfarne Gospels... early Christian / Pagan apologetics in Britain...

Sorry this is sketchy...

[Davidallany]

Like jehovah the war god. He has a taste for blood.

LOQ, good one. He most definitely does.

[Krullenjongen]

Posted by celt (here)
Greek gods and norse Gods today. Im just wondering why they are no longer main stream.

I did came across a YouTube video about Minerva the roman goddess.
Info about this starts at 1:45 in the video.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9eSb-EpL4fY