{"id":8346,"date":"2015-02-04T09:36:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T09:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=8346"},"modified":"2015-02-04T09:36:46","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T09:36:46","slug":"norse-temple-iceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/norse-temple-iceland\/","title":{"rendered":"Norse Temple for Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The pagan Norse religion is making a comeback in Iceland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A New Age sect are building a ‘Norse Temple’ in Iceland according to Huffington Post<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Asatruarfelagid, a neopagan organization, plans to start construction next month on the country’s first Norse temple since Christianity arrived in the island nation roughly 1,000 years ago.<\/p>\n

The Reykjavik City Council has donated land for the temple, but the group has to raise nearly $1 million for the building itself, which will be set into a hillside and topped with a dome to let in sunlight, the BBC reported<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Once completed, the temple will accommodate 250 worshippers. It will host weddings, funerals, naming rituals, initiation ceremonies and more for the group’s 2,488 members, which Reuters says is triple the number from just a decade ago.<\/p>\n

The Asatruarfelagid, which began in 1972, says on its website<\/a><\/strong> that its values are “based on tolerance, honesty, honor and respect for the ancient cultural heritage and nature,” and follows the principal that “each person is responsible for themselves and their actions,” according to a Google translation..<\/p>\n

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A New Age sect are building a ‘Norse Temple’ in Iceland according to Huffington Post. Asatruarfelagid, a neopagan organization, plans to start construction next month on the country’s first Norse temple since Christianity arrived in the island nation roughly 1,000 years ago. The Reykjavik City Council has donated land for the temple, but the group […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t