Stave church – fusionplace for viking spirituality

The dragon-style of the ornaments and structures of the stave churches suggest links to the Viking belief in the Norse Gods like Tor, Odin, Freya, Balder etc.

RESPECT FOR OTHER PEOPLE’S GODS

A few days ago Dalai Lama twittered the following words of wisdom:   “Perhaps the most significant obstruction to inter-religious harmony is a lack of appreciation of the value of others’ faith traditions.”   I guess religious aggressiveness is not really new. Think of the colony-powers bringing missionaries to their new territories, the Crusaders, the Conquistadores in Latin-America, […]