> you enjoy the fact that people faced the sword and villages burned to forcibly convert people to this alien religion. the religion wasn't so alien, since it wasn't the christianity we see today. the norse had more or less replaced their belief in the gods with belief in fate(wyrd). wyrd is later found in pre-destination among the luherans and the calvinists.  belief in wyrd is quite cruel, as you are doomed from the start, and there is no redemption, so when the richest in the world in miklagard had a much kinder religion, then most swapped voluntary. the richest must be the wisest, right?   lub4tuxa > this makes it more right, or stronger, or something, yes? the justification used in the norwegian royal sagas is that led to progress and a more just society. that was accepted until ww2 where christianity became reactive rather than pro-active.
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