[gothic-l] Re: Gothic Christianity

[george knysh]

--- "Einar Gunnar Birgisson <einarbirg at yahoo.com>"
<einarbirg at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I think Albareik has presented very good and
> convincing arguments
> and done so in a balanced manner. I am neither pagan
> nor Christian
> and I dont care if the Goths in the period in
> question were devoted
> Christians or not. I feel that the situation was a
> little bit more
> complicated than some will have us to believe and
> therefore welcome
> the balanced account of Albareiks and his arguments.
> After following the discussion I can see nothing
> against the idea to
> assume it as a possibility that the pagan Heruli who
> migrated to
> Scandinavia in the beginning of the the 6th century
> could have been
> carriers of ancient Gothic pagan traditions to some
> degree.
>
> Regarding Gothic Christianity! Can we learn anything
> from the
> present! In my country (Iceland) Christianity is the
> State religion
> and there are churches spread all over the country.
> Even so then
> only a small minority of the nation is devoted
> Christians.

*****GK: I wonder how many pre-Christian Goths were
"devoted pagans"? (:=))))) The argument cuts both
ways. Once one sees this, the discussion becomes
rather moot.*****



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