The Nine Noble Virtues of Asatru

I am posting this as a video response to the Thunderf00t video regarding Venomfangx in the hope that if the Ten Comandments are no longer working for Venomfangx he may find another reference helpful. Needless to say, I am unable to post it directly to one of Venomfangxs videos.

The Nine Noble Virtues of Asatru
with Commentary by Jordsvin

COURAGE

By facing life's struggles with courage, we constantly extend our capabilities. Without courage, nothing else can be done!

TRUTH

Blind faith has no place in Asatru. No pie-in-the-sky; we must act in this world as we see it and as it really is rather than calmly wait for the next.

HONOR

We must be true to what we are, and we insist on acting with nobility rather than baseness. Our standards must be banners held high in our hearts.

FIDELITY

We stand true to our faith and our values. Loyalty is the basis for all enduring human activity, and we hold it in the highest esteem.

HOSPITALITY

The isolation and loneliness of modern life is not necessary. The willingness to share what one has with ones' fellows, especially travelers, is a vital part of our way of life.

DISCIPLINE

We hold to the discipline necessary to fulfill our purpose. We stand willing to exercise the self-control and steadfastness necessary in these difficult times.

INDUSTRIOUSNESS

Let us dare to be all that we can be! Let us take risks and taste the richness of life. Passivity is for sheep. We refuse to be mere spectators in life.

SELF-RELIANCE

We depend on our own strength and character to achieve our goals. We seek only the freedom necessary to our quest, whatever it may be.

PERSEVERANCE

We hold to our path until its completion and are not ashamed to be strong. The cult of the anti-hero will find no support in us, and the gods we follow are not for the weak.

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[MortumDemon]

Must you be of European blood in order to be Asatru? Like be born there? Or does it accept new comers of different blood?

[SSanf]

@MortumDemon I am Wiccan but I admire Asatru.

[Barklord]

Excellent! Thank you for the response, SSanf. I've had the privelege of attending Asatru and other heathen/pagan seasonal rites in Minnesota and it's always a great time...even when it's cold and rainy. :) Very Noble Virtues, indeed. I'm also a huge fan if the Icelandic sagas. Egil Skallagrimson is probably my favorite, although he was sort of a bad dude.

[SSanf]

I really appreciated your video.

[NilDesperandum1998]

Thank you for such an interesting video. It reminded me of the time I read Ethics, & realized that Pagans could be moral too!

[SSanf]

Yes, few non-Pagans realize that being Pagan does not let you off the hook regarding ethical behavior toward both ourselves and others.

[Colin24Astonwood]

Yeah that is so true! How do religions critisize Pagans. Pagans invented the Morals in the first place so you could say that Pagans are more Godly then those religions that critisize them.

What do they think is so bad about worshiping the very Earth we all live on and respecting and looking after it.

Why do those religions deny the real truths? Be wary of those religions that preach theirs is the only way? Make you feel bad and fill you with hatred!

[NilDesperandum1998]

I agree, since becoming a Dianic Wiccan, I have found my Ethical code to be much higher. e.g. I'm trying to become vegan, I've given up smoking, & cut down drastically on the amount I drink.

Blessed be )O(

[hrussell0901]

@MortumDemon I believe we accept different blood newcomers. Im new, but i know that we arent racist.

[shakatrog2]

@MortumDemon Well I think that to be a part of asatru you must know of the scandinavian culture. Blood is ofcourse also a big part of it, but if you are of germanic descent and you know absolutly nothing about our culture, then you can't be a part of asatru. If a non-scandinavian person wants to be a part of asatru, then you should study our culture and our history, take a trip to Scandinavia, go out in our nature and try to connect to our land, the mountains, the fields, the woods, everything.

[BodhranGirl98]

@pencilwriter Asatru is not based on "faith" it's based on noble acts. I do not "believe" in the Gods I experience them.

[BodhranGirl98]

As for the folkish/universalist debate I was raised Asatru by an Asatru priestess and she always told me that Asatru is of the N.European people, but others are welcome if they choose to embrace our spirituality. I haven't found a more sensible solution to the issue

[johnrcoben]

So much better than the ten commandments.

[WatchRyder]

@ElitexDrumming

That's questionable.

Afterall it's a bit like me saying the Akan Religion of African Ghana is open to whites as well as blacks.

Doesn't it seem a bit unfair and invasive that Europeans in the world can't have their own pagan religion without liberals getting upset??

Or am I sounding too 'racist' / ruffling liberal feathers??

[WatchRyder]

@MortumDemon

Yes and No.

I'm going to talk flak from some of the guys but;

I feel it's meant ancestrally and currently for Europeans wherever they are in the world.

However, Asatru is decentralised and non-authoritarian so there will be interpretation that you can be Asatru even as a non-European.

If you geniunely wish to follow Asatru then be my guest. It's not what I'd call a 'fad' religion so make sure you are sincere.

[pencilwriter]

@1376odin it's an "ethnical and so-called spiritual religion" a religion that is not religious or spiritual, has no faith, this begs the question, what's there to believe in if this is not based on faith. and what's the point of of reading the fairy tale books?

[pencilwriter]

@Oswulf1 enough mcnallen, the modern day anton lavey

[pamle1]

@SSanf There were Asatru people who died during the witch trials as well.