Asatru Folk Assembly - November 23, 2025


Figuring Right & Wrong #afa #asatru #Ă¡satrĂº #asatrufolkassembly #shorts

Topics
right and wrong interpretation
Hosted by
Steve McNallen
Mentioned
Alcetru Katie Rido
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Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

152.77

Word count

380

Sentence count

17


Summary

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In this episode, we discuss the role of wisdom in guiding us through the world, and how it can be applied to the modern world. We also discuss the difference between right and wrong, and the role that wisdom can play in the world.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 And it's a it's a point of contention I have with a lot of the faith community and specifically I've heard a lot of Christian faith leaders propose that their religion is the only thing that, you know, would help mankind know the difference between right and wrong.
00:00:18.220 And I think that, you know, I would like to, I would like to, and it'd be a cool selling point to say that, you know, you need Alcetru or else you have to be a terrible person.
00:00:31.400 But I think that human experience and common sense tells us that's not the case.
00:00:35.560 I think Alcetru does a lot to maximize being a good person, but on basic things, we have an inborn sense of right and wrong.
00:00:45.220 And specifically, us as a folk have an inborn nobility to recognize good and bad behavior.
00:00:54.120 And unfortunately, and Katie brought this up a little bit, too, with the different historical situations.
00:01:00.680 Context is everything. And what may have been a good thing to do in 750 is not necessarily a good thing to do in 2022.
00:01:09.420 too. It's the challenge of our folk to be able to use wisdom to pick the right action in the right
00:01:20.980 time. That's so much of the rune, Rido, which is the rune of our priesthood, is the right action
00:01:27.100 at the right time. There's much in Ausitru to teach you how to be a good person. And, you know,
00:01:34.700 I'd say there's much in Christianity that goes beyond, you know, just 10 commandments that
00:01:39.440 teaches you a way of living. Certainly in Ausatru, the example of our ancestors,
00:01:45.580 the wisdom of our Gothar and our leaders, the counseling of our Gothar and leaders,
00:01:53.280 and thousands of years of our history inform us very well on actions that are
00:02:00.280 noble-hearted and actions that aren't. And Alistair True does a good job in emphasizing those
00:02:06.880 because the values are eternal, whereas the actions, you know, have a lot of situation to
00:02:12.840 them. But because Alistair True is a traditional faith, that tradition, these values have been
00:02:19.740 eternal since the dawn of our folk and will continue into the future. It's a matter of
00:02:24.560 interpreting the situation and how to enact those in the situation that we're in.