Survey Results And Commentary
Readers: A few weeks back I asked for your help with a investigate on follower attitudes in Asatru in America, with a rush investigate on non-Asatru pagans in America. In our time, as promised, I convey the argue, sideways with my own mention relating questions and at the end.

Look at carefully Relationship


Comparing Come to blows from my "Enthusiast Perspectives" Surveys. October 24, 2010. Look at carefully confined to American members of 'Asatru and other forms of Paganism. 193 'Asatr'u respondents, 279 Non-'Asatr'u Pagan respondents.

Obstacle 1. Thinking of main follower slope in your type of Paganism:

('Asatr'u): Liberal: 10.6 %. Conservative: 25.9%. Moderate: 32.8%. Libertarian: 38.6%

(Non-'Asa): Liberal: 77.7%. Conservative: 3.6 %. Moderate: 18.0%. Libertarian: 9.4%.

(Note: this dishonor had a design defect on the non-'Asatr'u area which executive respondents to surname broaden than one secure. I possibly will not amend the dishonor apart from voiding a older hand out of argue. Preset with this defect, the receive mold is lovely, with 'Asatr'u go through broaden in the direction of the unadventurous area of the spectrum, non-'Asatr'u Pagan favoring the liberal area.)

Obstacle 2. Purpose about U.S. Government:


('Asatr'u): Gov't too big, too common escapable functions: 58.6%.

Gov't necessity try to space outgoing problems: 34.6%. No state of mind either way: 6.8%

(Non-'Asa): Gov't too big, too common escapable functions: 28%.

Gov't necessity try to space outgoing problems: 65.2%. No suspicion either way: 6.8%

Obstacle 3. Purpose about U.S. Military:


('Asatr'u): Sensation warring, esteem it completely: 26.3%.

Too meaningfully down for the count on warring, desires to reduce: 49.5%. No state of mind either way: 24.2%

(Non-'Asa): Sensation warring, esteem it completely: 11.7%.

Too meaningfully down for the count on warring, desires to reduce: 67.2%. No state of mind either way: 21.2%

(Note: I standard common complaints about the enunciation of this dishonor, which accounts for the definite minority who took the "no beware" possibility. I can fervently see it was the worst-conceived dishonor. But, it does put up with a lovely inequality, 'Asatr'u broaden pro-military and less fervent to undermine warring use than non-'Asatr'u.)

Obstacle 4. Are you a warring veteran?

('Asatr'u): Yes: 18.2%, No: 81.8%. (Non-'Asa): Yes: 10.9%, No 89.1%.

Obstacle 5. Obstacle on how respondent's form of Paganism relates to family identity:

('Asatr'u): 'Asatr'u scarcely for people of N. Euro ancestry: 4.1%.

Obvious to people of any family background: 30.6%.

Mostly for people of N. Euro line, but open to others with strong interest: 65.3%.

(Non-'Asa): Fair for people of European ancestry: 0.4%.

Obvious to people of any family background: 92.1%.

Mostly for people of European line, but open to others with strong interest: 7.6%.

(Of course, this dishonor points out that ethnic-ancestral person is broaden highly dear and broaden environmental to be out of the ordinary in 'Asatr'u than in non-'Asatr'u forms of Paganism.)

Obstacle 6. Obstacle whether form of Paganism accepts interracial sex and marriage:

('Asatr'u): Yes: 85%. No: 6.2%. Not sure: 8.8%.

(Non-'Asa): Yes: 95.3%. No: 2.5%. Not sure: 2.2%.

(Modification not obese, but shows broaden acceptance of interracial personal along with non-'Asatr'u Pagans.)

Obstacle 7. Obstacle what line you dubious your form of Paganism necessity seek out in the direction of racism:

('Asatr'u): Ought violently, effortlessly denounce: 72.3%. Ought not seek out line, unprofessional to introverted choice: 22.4%. No stay, feels this is sham assignment. 5.2%.

(Non-'Asa): Ought violently, effortlessly denounce: 87.4%. Ought not seek out line, unprofessional to introverted choice: 10.1%. No stay, feels this is sham issue: 2.5%.

(This suggests better-quality objective to renounce/reject racial intolerance along with non-'Asatr'u Pagans.)

Obstacle 8. Obstacle what line you dubious your form of Paganism necessity seek out in the direction of Nazism and Neo-Nazism:

('Asatr'u): Ought violently, effortlessly denounce: 78.2%. Ought not seek out line, unprofessional to introverted choice: 17.6%. No stay, feels this is sham assignment. 4.1%.

(Non-'Asa): Ought violently, effortlessly denounce: 87.8%. Ought not seek out line, unprofessional to introverted choice: 7.9%. No stay, feels this is sham issue: 4.3%.

Obstacle 9: Do you dubious consideration is an primitive pleasant virtue?

('Asatr'u): Yes: 85%. No: 6.2%. Not sure: 8.8%.

(Non-'Asa): Yes: 95.3. No: 2.5%. Not sure: 2.2%.

(Not obese inequality, but suggests broaden liberal tendencies of non-'Asatr'u Pagans, sweet to superior hand out who like better gov't programs for outgoing programs in dishonor 2 and next dishonor.)

Obstacle 10: Do you dubious organization necessity help hard-up groups in society?

('Asatr'u): Yes: 63.%. No: 13.5%. Not sure: 22.9%.

(Non-'Asa): Yes: 82.8%. No: 3.9%. Not sure: 13.9%.

:: Magnificent, I dubious the investigate, despite its flaws, does change to attribute some diverse patterns. 'Asatr'u Pagans psyche to mold broaden unadventurous and/or libertarian, and to be broaden multiplex in and settlement of the warring, with less fortify for organization programs, interracial personal, and limit the hard-up, all of which are in line with the views and doctrine of unadventurous and libertarian follower limit in the USA. Non-'Asatr'u Pagans psyche to mold broaden towards the liberal end of the spectrum, and to be less multiplex in and settlement of the warring, with broaden fortify for organization programs, interracial personal, and limit the hard-up, all of which are in line with the views and doctrine of liberal-leftist follower limit in the USA.

The ceiling striking differences are in regards to questions of way of life and race. While an mighty 92.1 % power of non-'Asatr'u Pagans are totally about allowing people of any racial or family top to circle their religion, less than a third of 'Asatr'u respondents hug this possibility, with 65.3% of 'Asatr'uar favoring the less open, broaden distrustful possibility of favoring N. European family top but believably allowing those of other family backgrounds to circle too. A comprehensibly underling esteem of 'Asatr'u Pagans force their religion steal a lovely stand adjacent to racial intolerance, Nazism and neo-Nazism than along with non-'Asatr'u Pagans.

Homily confidentially, this is the close that I find ceiling disconcerting. I want to be part of a Pagan endeavor that is lovely on anywhere it stands in rejecting racial intolerance and Nazism, and not scarcely those candid words, but any and all simultaneous attitudes of the slenderness of one racial, family or clannish group glossed numerous. This investigate suggests that a fair esteem of American 'Asatr'uar are in doubt or pebbly about how they wisdom about way of life and race in tie to 'Asatr'u. I live to depend on to make popular aspect with other 'Asatr'uar who assign a dedication to family and racial independence and similarity.

I convey standard some reprimand for take action this investigate, with the mention kick through that I am stirring up be of importance unnecessarily by raising such questions. I squabble. I show that if 'Asatr'u doesn't straightforwardly discuss such issues and seek out a firm line adjacent to racial intolerance, white dominance, and simultaneous ideologies and exercises, it donate constantly be suspected of harboring and sheltering those who do convey such agendas. If the US warring can seek out a lovely stand adjacent to racial intolerance and open its doors to all races and family identities, why can't American 'Asatr'u?

Thanks for your help. I end product to the front to comments, what's more welcome and unadorned, even if excitedly not cruel.


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