Quote Originally Posted by spankythehippo View Post
I do not "like" the religious system. That should speak for itself. Judging by your abrasiveness, it suggests that you are religious. It shouldn't matter to you what I think. If you believe in a god, go ahead and worship him. But I won't. And no one will force me to.
As a matter of fact, although I have what are generally recognised as "Christian" beliefs I am extremely leery of organised religion. My objection to your thesis is not the basic point, but rather the evidence you present to report it, which is factually wrong.

Religion is a social construct, that is patently obvious because even the "same" religion varies its practices and nuances its doctrines over time and place. That being said, the major world religions today do not have internal logical problems, and they are not so set against the phyiscally understood reality of the world as many people claim. If they were they would have gone the way of the old religions, which died out when they ceased to have any relevence or grip on reality.

And?
Your opening gambit was, "Christian missionaries killed lots of Pagans in Scandanavia, and everywhere else" My point is that not only is this generally incorrect, certainly before the founding of the Order Militant, but also that the context for the few cases of Christian Kings making war uppon Pagans (such as Charlamagne) were actually reprisal attacks for sending peaceful missionaries home sans heads.

He IS the patron god of hanged men. He was hanged himself on Yggdrasil to gain the knowledge of the Nine Worlds. And gave up his right (?) eye to Mimir.
Yes, and he had two Ravans, and an unerring spear, and he tied Loki up in a cave with his own intestines, and he will be devoured by the Grey Wolf after the final charge of the Holy Dead at the Doom of the Gods, after which the world will be reborn in a flood and the God Baulder the Fair will arise from the dead and rule over a new and perfect world.

Christianity went down well in Scandanavia once Europe had recovered enough that the remaining Pagans realised Ragnorak was not coming and they were not living in a "wolf age". As to Odin, he like having men hanged for him.

OK then. Do you want a medal? Being hostile to others brings forth more hostility. If I'm wrong about anything, I question why I am wrong, and why other's are right. It's the process of learning. As I said, history is not my career, so I do not focus my full attention to it.
I want you to go away, read up on Constantine's reforms, his conversion to Christianity (ish), he refounding of Roman Religion and the differences between the Cults he welded together into the Roman church, and then make an actual argument.