WI: Norse Paganism like OTL Islam?

Norse paganism was not proselytising.
Expansion into Eastern Europe is nonsense, too. Of course, there was cross-fertilisation between neighbouring cultures and their belief systems.
But we must avoid treating them in categories that are completely derived from abrahamitic religions and do not suite the above-mentioned ones.
Sure Norse or Baltic paganism underwent changes. Why would it not? I´m pretty sure there had been changes in prehistoric times, too, only we don`t know about them. Treating this as "becoming more sophisticated" insofar and because they (maybe) incorporated Christian influences is actually quite racist.
And Baldur has very little of Jesus. Yes, he`s killed (but so are countless deities from various paganisms), yes, he`s expected to return (dito), yes, he is associated with justice (and so are various deities from Egypt over Greece to Iran who predate Christianity). But he`s just one among many, he`s completely a deity and NOT a human, and no ethics is associated with him.
Bears mentioning that the Norse myths as we know them were written down by a Christian writer whose religion heavily influenced their work, drawing parallels where there may have been none in the original beliefs.
 
The idea of the Norse religion evolving is very interesting. How was it evolving and does anyone have sources for the "Thor was replacing Odin" claim?

Adam of Bremman mentions Thor as the "formost of the Gods" circa 1070.

This is the Probably the best source for getting a feel for how Norse Mythology was evolving as well as things like regional variations.

This is a pretty good website with an overview of Norse myth and practice.
 
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