Nets wrote:Do you really believe Odin exists?
I find it equally improbable that Zeus, Odin, Yahweh or Vishnu exist. The difference is that there is actually some cultural continuity in these cases. Shintoism is the culture of the Japanese and has been for millennia. Odinism isn't your culture, it is a rejection of your culture. This is why people find it more suspicious than Shintoism.
This.
Earlier I spoke about how I see modern paganism in terms of pluralism coinciding with panentheism and pantheism.
I also view the gods in terms of symbolic Jungian archetypes. Taking in all of that you'll understand my beliefs more.
Who are you to say what my culture is and isn't?
Also, continuity has to start from somewhere. Everything has its beginnings.