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Post by Arlon10 on Sept 5, 2019 21:13:42 GMT

Sept 5, 2019 15:08:18 GMT general313 said:

Sept 5, 2019 1:33:12 GMT Arlon10 said:

I suspect most Vikings were far less deluded than many modern people think. I suspect the Viking pantheon was more like modern day movie heroes. There was likely little pretension to detailed facts and more a matter of lessons and morals in the stories.

Of course a few people back then were probably like the people today who entirely miss the value of it all because of their pedestrian thinking. I would even guess the people today are even worse idiots.

Opinions may vary as to whether the Vikings were more or less deluded before and after their conversion. In any case if there was a bet about who was the more skillful real estate agent, Donald Trump or Erik the Red, I probably would place my bet against the modern guy.

I'm sure record keeping was far different before there were voice recorders and cameras, when there was little paper and no newspapers. Never mind the internet. A strange thing about the internet though is how many people still believe whatever they want and have plenty of friends to back them up.