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Re:Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods since Viking age by VLM on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @11:33AM (#8991291)
"As a recent dad, I have found no real replacement for all the religious holidays part of my culture."

As an older dad, raised by non-denominational parents, you have a categorical error if you think chopping down pine trees, standing in line on black friday, and getting drunk watching football on TV are biblical in nature. (edited to add, we do that stuff for "fun", not because jesus told us)

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Re:Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods since Viking age by dragonwriter on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @02:53PM (#8992844)
> As an older dad, raised by non-denominational parents, you have a categorical error if you think chopping down pine trees, standing in line on black friday, and getting drunk watching football on TV are biblical in nature.

I don't know how you jumped from "religious" to "biblical"; none of them are biblical, sure, but at least the pine tree one has religious history (through a number of different religions on the way.)

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