30 pieces of silver

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Lee Markland

>The first Christian King of Sweden Olaf Trygvasson was even more blood

>thirsty, and relentlessly pursued Raud the Strong, eventually capturing him

>and killing him by forcing a viper down his throat.

>

>So much for a religion of love and peace, then again its parent religion is

>even more bloodthirsty and intolerant.


BTR
Since I am Norwegian, I feel the need to comment on the above. Olav (Olaf)
Trygvasson was the second Christian Norwegian king. In addition to the
above, he committed a lot of other atrocities, too. The first Norwegian
Christian king was Haakon the Good, but his missionary work failed, probably
because he didn't force anyone to convert. The third was Olav (Olaf) the
Holy. He also had the habit of killing people and burning the farms of those
who didn't convert. He was canonized, and is still a Catholic Saint, St.
Olav. Nice guys, right? Sorry that this is off topic. Best wishes for the
new year to everybody on the list!

Yours
Bjorn Tormod Ringdal 

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