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From: colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: Christianity in Norway
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["At last!  My new gorilla-detector machine!  They can't fool me now!"]

> Actually, in the case of the Norse religions, the answer is quite simple;
> the various Norse people were exposed to Christianity, and decided that it
> was the better religion.

From what I've read of King Olaf, the people may have decided that
Christianity was better than being disemboweled.

Disclaimer:  all I've read of King Olaf is Longfellow's poem!