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Internet Deconstructing State Church in Finland

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the why-does-finland-have-a-state-church dept.

Agnostic writes "Freethinkers of the city of Tampere, who advocate separation of state and church in Finland, created a Web site in 2003 to assist people in resigning from the church. The Web site soon became a big success in Finland. 39% of all resignations in 2004 went through the web site and 69% of all resignations in 2005. In the same process 22% more people resigned from the church in 2005 than in 2004. The most common reason cited for resigning from the church has been saving church income tax (1.3% on average)."

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  1. Re:"deconstruct" ? "dismantle" by heinousjay · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How many times are you going to post this? Do you think the repetition will make it correct?

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  2. Re:church income tax? by Michael+O-P · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yes, but he didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition.

    (sorry)

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