When did people stop believing in the old gods like Greek and Norse? Did the Vikings just wake up one morning and think ”this is bullshit”?

Question

When did people stop believing in the old gods like Greek and Norse? Did the Vikings just wake up one morning and think ”this is bullshit”?

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Answer 1

Cannot confirm, but I suspect most religious beliefs stemmed from human projections on nature – someone must care about crops, so we’re going to revere the god/goddess of crops – someone must care about reproduction, so we’re going to worship the god/goddess of reproductions. As we learn more from science and grow accustomed to our collective “self,” we start figuring out that we are gods/goddesses/manipulators of nature and stop relying on “the old gods like Greek and Norse.” I honestly just wrote all this out with exactly 0 real sources, but it kinda makes sense.