Asatru Folk Assembly - Restorative Justice #afa #asatru #asatrufolkassembly #shorts

00:00:00.160 because that's kind of a fundamental we talk about you know in the criminal justice system

00:00:04.800 we still give lip service to the idea of paying your debt to society we don't really do a lot of

00:00:10.960 that anymore you know you going to prison doesn't pay a debt to society society doesn't benefit from

00:00:16.800 that anyway but one of the fundamental concepts of our sense of justice is that you fix what you broke

00:00:25.120 and you can't always do that but often you can try to compensate someone of equivalent value to

00:00:33.120 whatever you failed on or you didn't do right maybe there's things that you swore to do in

00:00:38.640 the past you didn't do maybe there's ways you can make that up to the person fulfilling some

00:00:44.400 of your obligations from the past is better than fulfilling none of them and making a good faith

00:00:52.400 attempt at making things right with the oaths that you haven't lived up to there's honor and

00:00:59.280 there's a value in that yes the gods judge you and your ancestors judge you because they're watching

00:01:06.400 and they see what you do and they know your reputation but your oath is between the person

00:01:12.240 that you oath you compensate them if you and i have an oath and you try to make it right with me

00:01:20.560 I have the ability to release you from your part of the oath and call it good.

00:01:26.920 It's a contract and an agreement that we have amongst ourselves, and people are able to let

00:01:33.820 you out of something or to make a compromise or to forgive a debt. You're in debt to the person

00:01:42.560 that you wronged. There's a lot to be said sometimes to people. The thought absolutely

00:01:47.940 matters, especially if it's a debt they never thought they'd be able to collect on.

00:01:52.640 So keep that in mind as well.

Asatru Folk Assembly - August 19, 2025