Slashdot | Internet Deconstructing State Church in Finland

Slashdot | Internet Deconstructing State Church in Finland: "'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).'"

While I would strongly advocate for a portion of everyone's income tax to go directly to my bank account (leave a comment if you'd like to do this voluntarily), it seems a bit sad that people have become so apathetic about the institutionalised church that their main reason for leaving is financial.

Still, 22% increase in people leaving the church? Makes you feel a bit better about the good ol' PCANZ don't it :)

I dunno, what do you think?