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Permalink Reply by Joseph Higginbotham on October 16, 2010 at 9:51am

Wow, I didn't know there were still churches in Finland. I'm disappointed in the Finns. I expect Europe and West Asia to lead us and me a model for us to follow.

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on October 16, 2010 at 10:18am

Umm, what exactly are you defining as West Asia? I'm seeing Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran ...

I hope we're not going to follow their example.

Permalink Reply by The Secular One on October 16, 2010 at 5:27pm

Finland has a state church.

Permalink Reply by Joseph Higginbotham on October 16, 2010 at 10:29am

Well, Finland doesn't fit very well with any regional descriptor, does it? I once referred to Finland as part of Scandinavia and a guy from Finland was in the room and bot did he tell me otherwise.

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on October 16, 2010 at 10:41am

Sure, Finland is part of Europe. Simple. Heck, a huge chunk of western Russia is in Europe, so Finland obviously is, too. It's nowhere near Asia.

I'm not sure about Scandinavia. That might just be Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

Ah, there we go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia

Look at the map right below 'Terminology and usage'.

Permalink Reply by Brendan Prettie on October 16, 2010 at 1:25pm

So can we get a link to the 10,000 number article? It's more impressive than the 1500-2000 in the article you linked.

Permalink Reply by Prog Rock Girl on October 16, 2010 at 2:32pm

At least some people have the balls to stand up to the church. Elsewhere in the world, the Catholic church is found doing terrible things, and people still want to be "loyal" to the church.

Permalink Reply by The Secular One on October 16, 2010 at 5:30pm

To be fair, the people leaving were probably already atheist but I think everyone is considered a member of the church.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Finland

So, now that they have a clear and easy out, and they are getting annoyed with the church, they are taking the out.

Permalink Reply by Hugh Kramer on October 16, 2010 at 5:44pm

Warning to sensitive people: Bad pun alert!

So they told the Church they were Finnish with it?"
:)

Permalink Reply by Mika on October 17, 2010 at 10:44am

i couldn't find any articles in english so here's a link to the crappy google translation of the latest news article
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF...

And some statics from the eroakirkosta.fi
Number of people resigned this month.

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on October 17, 2010 at 11:21am

Heh, holy crap. What are the numbers going to be, by the end of the month?

Permalink Reply by Mika on October 18, 2010 at 7:42am

I forgot to mention that the statics picture updates itself daily.

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