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1. Kerokeronim (mk2boogaloo@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 23:32:07 JST Kerokeronim
   "Why did the Vikings convert to Christianity?"
   
   A common misconception today, probably brought on by modern media depictions, is that the Norsemen enjoyed their life of violent struggle. They, as anyone, did not want to live nasty, brutish, and short existences. They wanted to sit by the fire with their family, eat well, and sleep safely. Christianity offered a path to that.
   
   Religion breeds culture. A religion of violence breeds violent culture. Religion was also mandated by the state in those days, and it would be up to kings to make those choices for their people. Norse kings knew the only way out of endless generations of savage barbarism would be to change their culture.
   
   A pantheon of angry violent gods could not accommodate such a culture of peace, but a god who loved the world so much He bled and died for it could change those ways. For men who knew nothing but the sword, the offer of beating them into ploughshares was not only attractive but necessary. Civilization is the opposite of barbarism.
   
   Modern paganism is a reconstruction from the romances of violence, by people who have not known generations of said violence. Media tells people violence is heroic and, well, fun. It's neither. Nobody truly wants to live in violent times, though all recognize it is sometimes a necessity when violent men rise. We call these men today psychopaths.
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