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icymist

(15,888 posts)
Thu Nov 12, 2015, 08:13 PM Nov 2015

I guess there are homicidal idiots in every religion and here we go again:

I can attest that the desecration of the Asatru faith by Nazis is NOT the same religion whose revival in Scandinavia and Iceland is strong.

Two men, one from Chester, accused of planning to shoot up or bomb churches and synagogues

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“Doyle and Chaney and others known and unknown to the FBI, ascribe to a white supremacy extremist version of the Asatru faith,” alleges a five-page affidavit from FBI Special Agent James R. Rudisill. Asatru is a pagan religion.

http://www.richmond.com/news/local/crime/article_7d8c76b3-5dd9-5365-a2c3-f0ac9682a989.html

Henrico Pagan family denies race war after FBI arrests

HENRICO, VA (WWBT) -
Two of the suspects accused of trying to bomb local churches and synagogues claim ties to a Pagan religion called Asatru. A local Pagan family is looking to set the record straight on this supposed race war.

According to federal documents, Robert Doyle and Ronald Chaney were part of a white supremacy extremist version of the Asatru faith. They allegedly planned a shooting or bombing of local black churches and Jewish synagogues.

"That this is not the Norse Religion," said Bryan Wilson of the Pagan faith. "This is not the Asatru. We don't preach hatred."

Odin and the God of Thunder, Thor, are not just characters in a movie for Wilson. They are the very pillars of his Norse religion...warriors, not murderers...says Wilson.

http://www.nbc12.com/story/30488143/henrico-pagan-family-denies-race-war-after-fbi-arrests#.VkNooBXktM4.facebook
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