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...What has made patronymic names practical, however, doesn?t explain what made them fashionable. The revival of Nordic traditions may be a reaction to the cultural impact of globalization. Two years ago, some descendants of the Vikings took another major step into to the past when the pagan Asa religion was granted official recognition, granting tax benefits to those organizing the worship of Odin, Thor and other Norse gods. "It's all the same movement," says Senior Researcher Else Marie Kofod of the Danish Folklore Archives. "In these years, many old traditions are revived because there is a need...
...population of 36 million, Burma has more than twice as many citizens as Australia; yet the entire country has only a third as many hotel rooms as the Las Vegas Hilton. Along the road to Mandalay, the nation's second city, locals pedal away furiously in trishaws, and in Pagan, the nation's great temple-filled tourist site and one of the architectural wonders of Asia, the principal method of transportation is horse-drawn carts...
Though Identity often sounds Fundamentalist, it is anything but. Identity followers believe they are saved by race rather than grace and welcome followers of Nordic pagan cults alongside Bible believers. The movement scorns Fundamentalism's support for Israel and its opposition to British Israelism. Unlike Fundamentalists like Jerry Falwell, who advocate involvement in the U.S. political system, Identity advocates despise the Federal Government, calling it ZOG (the Zionist Occupation Government...
...know and understand about our world." But the museum's president, G. Thomas Sharp, whose doctorate in the philosophy of religion and science was awarded by a Florida seminary, says the exhibits are intended to counter a lamentable shift in public education to what he calls "a very secular, pagan base," arguing that "the biblical explanation to earth science is very feasible and very satisfying." At least for some people: the museum expects from 35,000 to 50,000 visitors a year. --By Steve Barnes
...become a "den of robbers." The author suggests that the money changers were corrupt Shammaites who were pocketing donations from Gentile converts to Judaism. Falk even proposes that the Golden Rule of Jesus is just a positive rephrasing of statement by Rabbi Hillel, who once told a pagan inquirer, "What is hateful unto thee, do not do unto thy neighbor. This is the entire Torah. The rest is commentary...