Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cybvax0.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!unc!mcnc!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!think!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh From: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Death of various religions Message-ID: <764@cybvax0.UUCP> Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 10:01:01 EDT Article-I.D.: cybvax0.764 Posted: Thu Sep 19 10:01:01 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 22-Sep-85 05:53:58 EDT References: <1595@umcp-cs.UUCP> <634@hou2g.UUCP> Reply-To: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz) Organization: Cybermation, Inc., Cambridge, MA Lines: 14 In article <634@hou2g.UUCP> scott@hou2g.UUCP (Racer X) writes: > > Re: The Norse turning away from their mythology/religion > because they found Christianity "better"... > > Ah, but WHY did they find it "better"? Probably for the same reason that Marxism/communism has been found "better" by enough people to fuel numerous popular revolutionary movements. It promises enfranchisement of various sorts to everybody, not just heroes who get to go to Valhalla. -- Mike Huybensz ...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh