Asatru Folk Assembly - December 08, 2025


Reject the False Dichotomy #afa #asatru #Ă¡satrĂº #asatrufolkassembly #shorts

Topics
family first struggle
Hosted by
Steve McNallen
Mentioned
Alcetru
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Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

141.5

Word count

416

Sentence count

18

Harmful content

Toxicity

2

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Summary

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In this episode, we discuss the dichotomy of family first vs. gods first, and the benefits of family in relation to the greater good of the world. We also talk about the role of family within the larger group of people, and whether or not family is really as important as it seems.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 I want to contextualize the family first thing because I'm no part of the AFA doesn't think
00:00:06.840 family is super important. Of course we do. But I reject the false dichotomy of that.
00:00:12.240 We live in an age where our folk is deeply, deeply suffering of soul sickness.
00:00:19.780 So we're thrust in these strange and unnatural choices that people make. But I think people,
00:00:28.300 you know, family extends. You mentioned if, you know, I think you said your sister tried to get
00:00:35.840 you to not be AFA because they didn't want what it would do to your son or her nephew. In that
00:00:44.280 example, your son is just as much your family as your sister is. So I don't think that's a family
00:00:50.540 first struggle there. I think, unfortunately, that strife amongst kinsmen, which is one of
00:00:57.740 the biggest curses and worst things amongst our folk. Ideally, your family extends to your
00:01:03.940 ancestors and your descendants, and not just those that are, you know, being jerks to you in the here 0.99
00:01:09.420 and now. But also, if the narrow view of family first is, well, I can't do anything that would 0.98
00:01:18.520 hurt my ability to provide or my ability to, like, raise my family or whatever, we would never have
00:01:25.740 men in the world do anything that moves the needle on any of the things that are very important in
00:01:32.700 our history no men would ever go to war over anything unless somebody's breaking into your
00:01:38.380 house because if you overextend that dichotomy well you know i gotta stay here and raise my kids
00:01:45.660 i gotta stay here and take care of my wife that would eliminate most anybody doing anything that
00:01:52.940 That involves exploring or doing anything that has an element of risk or an element of adventure to it.
00:02:01.120 But when we look at things that way, we don't look at the benefit to our families.
00:02:06.200 When we do certain things that are for the bigger causes in the world, they benefit our family in less direct ways that are just as important.
00:02:16.480 My argument here is with Alcetru, who you are, your family, your friendships, your life, and your relationship to the Aesir should all be congruent and syncretic and work together and be in harmony.
00:02:37.060 If they're not, something's wrong.
00:02:39.300 If you ever have to choose between the gods and your family, that causes the problem.
00:02:52.120 You should see where the problem is at that point, because they should all work together.