> It was Biblical religion, and more specifically the Genesis account of creation, that overthrew the classic pagan worldview model with its all-powerful State controlled by totalitarian god-like Promethean men.
Actually, it was Biblical religion which overthrew the democratic republican worldview that held sway in the Icelandinc republic and replaced it with an impoverish theocracy with the King's (you know, he of Divine Right) boot on the peoples throats.
Cool. What's a good one volume history of Iceland?