asa_red_heathen [he/him]

Previously Asa_the_red, that guy with the viking bit

Norse Pagan/Heathen

Twitter: @baleygrfadr Bluesky: @asa-the-red.bsky.social

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  • Im simply saying that polytheism structurally lends itself more easily toward tolarance/indifference toward the idea of other gods than monotheism. When you believe there are numerous gods its easier to accept that a different religion’s gods are also real or different interpretations of the same gods. Thats just not possible with monotheism because if only one god exists then all the rest have to be false.

    Certainly there are individual polytheists and polytheistic religions that are intolerant toward outside faiths, I dont deny that. Hinduism comes to mind as a polytheist faith that still has political dominance and so is more inclined toward intolerance toward outside competition (though Hinduism doesnt really count as “Pagan”, so its less relevant to the point of my first post).