[Ginnungagap]

I'm glad you split the threads as it was getting quite off-topic.

I think where Christianity began to conflict with other religions was in a political aspect. When Christianity became part of the Roman Empire, and then began exerting its influence on Europe, it didn't leave any room for the pagan traditions to survive. We can thank the medieval Christians for putting some of the old myths into writing, but they did so with a Christian veneer over them. We must not forget, though, that the blame does not soley rest on the Christians; pagan Romans essentially destroyed the religion of the Celts long before Christianity reached them.

As for neopaganism, just as Marulus described scientific superstition, it is yet another offspring of corrupted Christian ideas but this time trying to connect with ancient traditions. Neopagan groups are overwhelmingly egalitarian, individualistic, and globalist. They have no real connection to the old ways, and not even a good understanding of it. I think it might have been one of you guys that posted Evola's essay about Neopaganism and I think he basically summed it up.

That link you posted on the Catholic astronomer is interesting. This sort of attitude is unfound in America. There is either the humanistic atheists who dogmatically believe in scientific materialism, and then there's the other side of the coin which views science as heresy.

What I don't understand though is why so many European nationalists cling so heavily to Christianity when it is essentially an imported religion. Europeans have definitely made Christianity into a religion of their own but that does not change its roots. We have more ancient traditions which created the great empires and cultures of our ancestors. Christianity usurped those civilizations, but some element of the older traditions did manage to shine through, especially during the middle ages. Christianity was the blue print for later secularized movements that essentially culminate in egalitarianism, multiculturalism, and liberalism. Isn't it then, quite antithetical to those who believe in the autonomy of a nation and its culture as important? Anyone who values hierarchy, heroism, and life-affirming will would be hardpressed to find their home in the Christian faith.