Asatru Folk Assembly - Why don't the gods step in？ #afa #asatru #ásatrú #Asatrufolksssembly

00:00:00.000 if the gods hear us and they want us to do something why don't they just show up and tell

00:00:05.440 us exactly what to do and you know why don't they step in and run things and wipe away all

00:00:12.640 of our problems and make things go the way they want and why do they allow you know why do they

00:00:19.840 allow anything contrary to their will to happen why don't they do all of these things i believe

00:00:27.120 that everyone wonders that or wishes that or struggles with understanding that and i think

00:00:35.680 that we you know one of our um one of our virtues is truth and i think we'd be dishonest if you

00:00:41.280 didn't admit that we all think that we all have those thoughts that occur to us to all of us

00:00:47.120 that's not a betrayal of our faith it's just being honest and i think fundamentally

00:00:54.400 we could come up with some grand philosophy on it to make it sound good

00:01:00.240 but the simple truth is because that's not how it works

00:01:05.040 i don't presume to tell you exactly what is involved in a god interacting with a mortal

00:01:18.460 and how that all works but existence has told us two things that are simultaneously true

00:01:28.500 the gods exist and we know this when i say that i want to step outside of house the truth for a

00:01:37.660 just humanity knows that a world of powers beyond our five senses exists

00:01:49.580 that is a hallmark of all branches of sentient earth fauna since forever

00:01:58.020 and it's fundamental to that sentience but also

00:02:03.940 that's not how it works the gods don't just appear and do all the stuff and fix all the things and

00:02:13.280 run everything for us and it would be so much more convenient if they did it would be awesome

00:02:19.760 i think all of us long for that day that odin appears to us and tells us what he wants and

00:02:28.240 what his will is and that would be wonderful and to some select few for a brief moment in time

00:02:36.520 that has happened for those of us who are exceptionally blessed you get that spark of

00:02:44.780 of knowing whatever form that comes or however you would describe it you get that affirmation

00:02:54.120 or that message that's unmistakable from the Iser.

Asatru Folk Assembly - October 14, 2026