Charlemagne viewed forcibly converting the pagan Saxons to Christianity as his holy duty so after conquering a tribe he would offer them the option of converting to Christianity or taking the consequences.
So he would make them swear before the Christian god on Christian Holy Relics that they really really were Christians now and not just pretending to save themselves from a world of pain.
But there was one obvious drawback,if they were telling the truth then they were scared of what god would to to them for lying but didn’t need to worry about it because they were telling the truth.
But if they were still pagan and actually WERE lying then they had no fear of what the Christian god could do to them because they knew he was just an imposter and that Wotan,Thor etc.were the REAl THING!
CATCH 22
In my own life I took the time and money out to take a professional qualification and joined the relevant prestigous institute but have been unable to get a job in that profession because I haven’t got three years experience in the job,the reason that I haven’t got three years experience is because I cant get a job because…
(This is not a whine about me not getting my chosen job)
I always enjoy hearing about C22s so have you any personal or other that you can share with me?