Saturday, August 29, 2009

Viking hoard in the news



I came across this news story about a Viking hoard from England.

This paragraph caught my eye:
"A coin featuring St Peter but also the hammer of Thor. It's evidence that worshippers of Thor were being encouraged to Christianise their allegiance by switching the Scandanavian god for Peter."





BBC includes Pagan on their Interfaith Calendar

Somehow I don't see Fox News doing something like this, where the BBC has included pagan holidays on their interfaith calendar.

Then again, we're the country that has museums featuring cave-men riding dinosaurs.


(okay... I'm not positive Creationist museums have exhibits featuring cavemen riding dinosaurs, but would it surprise you?)