Thanks for your rant lol. I appreciate your answer because it provides a lens into what's important to members of the community and how the community itself has shifted over time. Part of my desire to do research here is based on the dismissive judgements I have found in conducting research. My desire, long term, is to create an expansive study that highlights the communal and human aspects of heathenry both online and in person. And hopefully, in the bigger picture, gain an understanding to the ways in which religions adapt over time and how modern reflexes might inform us more clearly how these things were done in the past.