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>be Olaf Tryggvason, pagan
>convert to christianity because some old man told you
>descendant of kings, chosen king by your pagan countrymen
>start forcing christianity against the same brothers that made you king
>forget about the whole "love your neighbor", "be like Jesus"
>forget that previous missionaries-saints claim that Odin was Archangel Saint Gabriel and Thor was Archangel Saint Michael
>torture your fellow countrymen in the worst ways possible to expand your cult
>be so cruel that even your christian allies prefer to be along pagans
>be so cruel that a fellow christian, Adam of Bremen, wrote that you kill yourself as a godless loser instead of a christian martyr

Why and when did the Norse people begin to hate their own gods?

Was christianity really that good compared to their native religion?

Why didn't the Norse and Germanic peoples return to their native religion after Charlemagne and Olaf died?

I was reading about the conversion of Iceland, despite being forced and happened after Olaf became king of Norway, it happened faster than in Norway itself. How?

Was there no "pagan Thomas Aquinas" who could have reversed the situation and converted christians to their ancestors' religion?

Why did so many pagans quickly turn into fanatical christians (Olaf himself, Thorvaldur Kodransson, Stefnir Þórgilsson, Þangbrandr, etc.)?
What happened to the affection they held for their gods and fellow countrymen?