Chuck

So there's a couple of things just from the ancient pagan religions that are still carried on today. Ancestor worship is another big one. especially as we'll see in the neo-pagan Norse traditions.

So there's a couple of things just from the ancient pagan religions that are still carried on today. Ancestor worship is another big one. especially as we'll see in the neo-pagan Norse traditions.

So there's a couple of things just from the ancient pagan religions that are still carried on today. Ancestor worship is another big one. especially as we'll see in the neo-pagan Norse traditions.

But it's essentially, you can see evidence of this in the fact that we buried people in the way that we started burying people, as if they're venerated, as if we understand that they need grave goods because there's an afterlife. And so it's not like a hard leap to the idea that those ancestors can help us out now that they're in the spirit world. And so you can worship them.

But it's essentially, you can see evidence of this in the fact that we buried people in the way that we started burying people, as if they're venerated, as if we understand that they need grave goods because there's an afterlife. And so it's not like a hard leap to the idea that those ancestors can help us out now that they're in the spirit world. And so you can worship them.

But it's essentially, you can see evidence of this in the fact that we buried people in the way that we started burying people, as if they're venerated, as if we understand that they need grave goods because there's an afterlife. And so it's not like a hard leap to the idea that those ancestors can help us out now that they're in the spirit world. And so you can worship them.

That's a big part of it too. Yeah.

That's a big part of it too. Yeah.

That's a big part of it too. Yeah.

Yeah, and then you can pretty clearly demonstrate that the Earth Mother eventually evolved into Gaia from the Greek pantheon. Gaia is the mom of all the other gods, which brings up another point, polytheism. It's not monotheistic. There is not one single god. Even if there's a head of the gods, like, say, Zeus or Odin or something like that, there's still plenty of other gods who are gods.

Yeah, and then you can pretty clearly demonstrate that the Earth Mother eventually evolved into Gaia from the Greek pantheon. Gaia is the mom of all the other gods, which brings up another point, polytheism. It's not monotheistic. There is not one single god. Even if there's a head of the gods, like, say, Zeus or Odin or something like that, there's still plenty of other gods who are gods.

Yeah, and then you can pretty clearly demonstrate that the Earth Mother eventually evolved into Gaia from the Greek pantheon. Gaia is the mom of all the other gods, which brings up another point, polytheism. It's not monotheistic. There is not one single god. Even if there's a head of the gods, like, say, Zeus or Odin or something like that, there's still plenty of other gods who are gods.

They're not saints. They're not angels. They're not assistants, deities. They are gods in and of themselves. And so polytheism is a huge, huge part of any pagan religion, ancient or modern, too.

They're not saints. They're not angels. They're not assistants, deities. They are gods in and of themselves. And so polytheism is a huge, huge part of any pagan religion, ancient or modern, too.

They're not saints. They're not angels. They're not assistants, deities. They are gods in and of themselves. And so polytheism is a huge, huge part of any pagan religion, ancient or modern, too.

I would think so, too. Yeah, for sure.

I would think so, too. Yeah, for sure.

I would think so, too. Yeah, for sure.

You got to be right, you know? I mean, it's not like that was just coincidental. Somebody came up with that in the 60s or something.

You got to be right, you know? I mean, it's not like that was just coincidental. Somebody came up with that in the 60s or something.