The tendency to forget that mere enthusiastic association with an object, an idea, a person, or whatever, is basically a superficial state of mind. If it persists beyond its appropriate term, it becomes an expression of either childish or adolescent neurosis. This can come to characterize the behaviour of groups and societies which then tend to express all kinds of irrational dependencies and equally irrational needs for ambivalent independence.
What makes Odinists dangerous is the fact that many believe in the necessity of becoming martyrs for their cause. Odinism has little to do with Christian identity but there is one key similarity: Odinism provides dualism – as does Christian identity – with regard to the universe being made up of worlds of light (white people) and worlds of dark (non-white people). The most fundamental difference between the two ideologies is that Odinists do not believe in Jesus Christ.