Odin was hanged on a tree to die, just like Christ. But Odin also created the Earth and mankind, like God. Odin doesn't plan to destroy the Earth and torture most of the people on it, like God. What do you think?
2006-08-17 00:16:54 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Interesting, course you can also find many other Birth, death, Resurrection stories throughout history. Egypt had Osiris, I'm sure there are many others. Christianity borrowed from them to create the "Christ" stories (no I'm not trying to be offensive, I'm speaking historical wise it's possible).
2006-08-17 16:45:05 · answer #1 · answered by ravencadwell 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God doesn't plan to torture most people. The actual theology is that human beings are Fallen, and that Fallen nature -- not God's judgment -- is what sends people to Hell. Christ's sacrifice was for the purpose of getting people out of Hell. The catch is, only those who voluntarily grab the lifeline get pulled to safety.
But while we're comparing the morality of afterlives, let's talk about Valhalla, shall we? A great hall where those who have died heroic deaths can feast, drink and brag every night -- until Ragnarok, when those warriors get to be cannon fodder for the Aesir's last battle with the frost giants. Some versions also say that the Einheriar only spend their nights feasting and drinking, but their days are spent in constant battle. Not much of an improvement on the Christian Hell, IMO.
2006-08-17 10:23:52 · answer #2 · answered by D'archangel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never took the analogy that far. I know the parallels of Odin and Jesus, but was not certain of the rest. You do pose something that is worth thinking about. Funny thing is: those who think about it the most, are the one who are blowing you off.
2006-08-17 12:39:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Odin had one eye, suggesting anarrow vision.
Odin hung on the tree to learn the secrets of the universe, suggesting that to suffer for wisdom was necessary and homorable.
Odin brought Runes to his people, suggesting that literacy and wisdom were important.
these are good things
Odin will die at Ragnarok. I like the idea of the mortality of gods, it suggests that people will outgrow the need for them.
2006-08-17 14:46:32 · answer #4 · answered by aka DarthDad 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think you need to read more up on your Norse Gods before you start comparing Christ to Odin. I think you view to be kind is a bit off - and this is from me a Jew saying this.
2006-08-17 07:22:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
G-d does not plan to destroy the earth and torture most of the people on it, though
2006-08-17 07:22:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Odin is also a God, only in a differant religion (Norse, as you should know)
I think all the differant god's are actually all the same god.
But that's me.
2006-08-17 07:24:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anria A 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
According to Nordic myths, Odin will die helplessly at Ragnarok because he doesn't have Gungnir, and will be eaten by Fenris, at which point all the Aesir will perish (and all lesser beings, save but one man and one woman), and the world will be recreated as a godless plane (that is still stuck on a tree limb... albeit a dead tree limb). Odin sacrificed an eye so he could drink from Mimir's well to learn to read runes. Not even Odin could save Baldur.
God is immortal and immutable, that is, He cannot be killed, as He is not bound by the limits of mortality. God created language, and split them apart, and has full understanding of every word, every meaning, every connotation, every heiroglyph, kanji, and letter. God became a man, and allowed Himself to die at the hands of those who hate them, and was resurrected three days later for the sole purpose that it would give every single person, the chance to turn away from their evils and have eternal life.
Odin acted violently against others, sometimes out of spite, sometimes justifiably. God's vengeance will come at a time when every remaining person on earth would curse His name, and are more happy to rape, murder, steal, and lie, and benevolence and mercy are traits to be ashamed of.
Odin died, not for mankind, but for selfish wisdom. God allowed His son to be killed, so that His bloodshed would pay for the crimes every single person has committed against God.
Who truly is more moral? The one who thinks of himself? Or the one who puts YOU above His own Son?
Who truly is more worthy of being labeled 'God"? The one who has to learn, or the One who knows all? The one who dies, or the One who dies, yet is brought back to life by Himself? The one who taught that the world is a flat disc on a tree limb, or the One who teaches that the world hangs upon nothing in space? The one who lets his own brother die, and is helpless to right it, or the One who selflessly permits His own Son to die at the hands of those who hate Him, yet in three days, resurrects Him as proof that He is the One True God?
2006-08-17 09:14:16 · answer #8 · answered by seraphim_pwns_u 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Yeah Odin is soooo good. He asks for sacrafices every year. Tell me do you want to be sacraficed to Odin? God sacraficed his son so we could go to heaven. I think I will stick with God.
2006-08-17 07:52:37 · answer #9 · answered by Joe K 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋
No Odin lied , he did not create anything. he is a faker, not a real god at all, but just a fallen angel parading around telling anybody who listen that he is a creator! Nope, never created anything but the lie!God is righteous and true and every man and unclean spirit is a lier!
2006-08-17 08:01:23 · answer #10 · answered by bungyow 5 · 0⤊ 7⤋