[Cranky Old Man]

Originally Posted by Jeesushemmo

It is true that you can make your own changes to wikipedia BUT moderators will check any false information and delete them. Also you have to put source of information to the page.

Do you also believe in the Easter Bunny?

We may not have world's greatest universitys but still finnish kids are rated as ones of world's smartest

No doubt this has been determined by one of those people who graduated from a Finish University. Do you even have to attend to get a diploma?

[Mr fool (Quarantined)]

Originally Posted by Cranky Old Man

Do you also believe in the Easter Bunny?

What does the Easter bunny has to do with Wikipedia?
Wikipedia may not be the most reliable source but it's true that if you write something on Wikipedia you will have to add a source to what you wrote.

No doubt this has been determined by one of those people who graduated from a Finish University. Do you even have to attend to get a diploma?

Does this even matter? Because most of you landovers do homeschooling and won't be at these top notch schools anyways.

[Cranky Old Man]

Originally Posted by Mr fool

What does the Easter bunny has to do with Wikipedia?

They both are very unreliable.

Does this even matter? Because most of you landovers do homeschooling and won't be at these top notch schools anyways.

You claimed Finish education to be great. I just did some fact checking to prove that you were completely totally and utterly wrong.

[Jeesushemmo]

Originally Posted by TheSalvationBeliever

It's pretty hard to take you serious when you call us racists.
We are not the ones who, inspired by the devil, makes up a contest which only purpose is to burn your Russian enimies to death (Quote: "We hate Russians.") What kind of sick hobby is that? Are you so impatient of going to hell, that you have to smell burned human flesh already now? Don't you worry, your soon gonna be the one smelling.

Let me correct you a bit. We don't hate russians. We are bitter about them cause couple wars between us and that russians treated us very bad when we were part of russia.
The death of that russian man was clearly accident. If it was on purpose why would there be a finnish man at the same time in sauna?

PS. I really would like to know if god hates USA. And if not why?

[Mr fool (Quarantined)]

Originally Posted by Cranky Old Man

They both are very unreliable.

I see no difference between the bible and the easter bunny.

You claimed Finish education to be great.

No i didn't i just said the school thing doesn't matter because you landovers do home schooling.

[Jeesushemmo]

Originally Posted by Cranky Old Man

Do you also believe in the Easter Bunny?

Actually I do. Is there something wrong believing that there is so called "magical" creatures/persons?

Originally Posted by Cranky Old Man

No doubt this has been determined by one of those people who graduated from a Finish University. Do you even have to attend to get a diploma?

Well im not sure who made that study but newsweek ranked finnish education to 1# coincidence? Btw of course we get diplomas.

Some last words before I get banned.
Deciding or even saying that "God hates Finland" isn't in your hands. Only God if he does exist can choose that. So please stfu from now on.

[NightwishDweeb]

Originally Posted by Felicity

@Oompa-loompa Why do the Finish think their language is much better than English? Are they not aware of #Zephaniah 3:9 where God makes clear he hates Finish?

how does it prove your point?

[Cranky Old Man]

Originally Posted by NightwishFan

how does it prove your point?

God agrees with Felicity, how can that not prove her point?

[HellyH]

Originally Posted by Nobar King

What has Finland done to earn God's love?

If it works for you, they Kicked a helluva lot of Commie ass during the winter war

[Brother Helge]

Originally Posted by HellyH

If it works for you, they Kicked a helluva lot of Commie ass during the winter war

But they did not do it in the name of the Lord! (thus it doesn't count...)

The answer on the original question is yes.
It is not a trick question or a question with a multitude of possible answers.

What's there to argue?

[Patteripupu]

Originally Posted by Helge Fossmo

But they did not do it in the name of the Lord! (thus it doesn't count...)

In fact most of the Finnish soldiers were fighting for home, religion (=christianity just in case you didn't guess as much) and the fatherland. Therefore, it wouldn't be wrong to say they were doing it also in the name of the lord. Except the socialists, who were just fighting for their homes and the fatherland (the real commies had skipped sides by then).

Originally Posted by Cranky Old Man

God agrees with Felicity, how can that not prove her point?

So the fact that the bible says: "For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent." means that God must hate Finland just because we speak Finnish? That bit doesn't say anything about hating somebody. And you seriously believe, that English is the pure language (how very convenient for you!). I mean English, a language that is a mangled mixture of ancient Anglo-Saxon, French and Latin; that contains loads of useless silent letters (such as the "o" in "you") just because the first Dutch printing engineers got paid by the letter; the reading and writing of which takes years to learn (and you can still hold competitions to see how well the kids know their spelling). Compared to Finnish, which is coherent and phonetically written (average Finnish kid learns to read and write in 6 months and a lot of kids learn it spontaneously before going to school) and sounds a lot nicer. Oh and BTW, Finnish and Hungarian are related, Hungarian grammar is just harder.

OK, then the accusation of being a communist country. We're not. We've got them sorted in the easiest and most convenient manner: we have two communist parties. That way they spend all their time feuding against each other and leave the rest of us to run a democracy in peace

Originally Posted by Cranky Old Man

Do you also believe in the Easter Bunny?

No. In Finland during Easter the chocolate eggs are brought by a rooster (hey, we might have got the gender wrong, but at least it's the right species of animal)

Originally Posted by Cranky Old Man

So according to the "finland.org" communist propaganda site, Finland has the best education. Imagine that. Does the term reliable source ring a bell with you? Take a look here: http://www.arwu.org/ARWU2010.jsp where you can see what the 100 best universities in the world are. The top 4 are all in the USA. 19 of the top 25 are in the USA. The best Finish university? The University of Helsinki at position 72. So Finish education is clearly total crap.

I'm afraid you've mistaken the point. Finland has the best school system (as in elementary, junior-high and high school), not the best University system. That's because school's are ranked by the learning results and universities are ranked by the amount of research the turn out. The amount of research is pretty much (although of course not completely) determined by the amount of researchers and research equipment, which is determined by funding. Finnish universities are too poor to compete with the top universities and Finnish masters prefer to go and do productive work for the educational system and the industry rather thanstay as researchers. The bottom line is that a Finnish high school graduate will know a lot more than an American high school graduate.

Oh and here's a hilarious quote from the actual rules of this discussion forum: "By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws." Oops, you're not supposed to post any hateful messages and here you've been going on how much you hate commies, gays, muslims, Finnish etc.

[awesomeness]

Finland is OK. The problems lies within the Denmarkians.

[Cranky Old Man]

Originally Posted by Patteripupu

going on how much you hate commies, gays, muslims, Finnish etc.

I hate none of those, I try to save all their souls with True Christian™ tough love.

[Lost Sheep McUinnean]

Originally Posted by Patteripupu

In fact most of the Finnish soldiers were fighting for home, religion (=christianity just in case you didn't guess as much) and the fatherland. Therefore, it wouldn't be wrong to say they were doing it also in the name of the lord. Except the socialists, who were just fighting for their homes and the fatherland (the real commies had skipped sides by then).



So the fact that the bible says: "For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent." means that God must hate Finland just because we speak Finnish? That bit doesn't say anything about hating somebody. And you seriously believe, that English is the pure language (how very convenient for you!). I mean English, a language that is a mangled mixture of ancient Anglo-Saxon, French and Latin; that contains loads of useless silent letters (such as the "o" in "you") just because the first Dutch printing engineers got paid by the letter; the reading and writing of which takes years to learn (and you can still hold competitions to see how well the kids know their spelling). Compared to Finnish, which is coherent and phonetically written (average Finnish kid learns to read and write in 6 months and a lot of kids learn it spontaneously before going to school) and sounds a lot nicer. Oh and BTW, Finnish and Hungarian are related, Hungarian grammar is just harder.

OK, then the accusation of being a communist country. We're not. We've got them sorted in the easiest and most convenient manner: we have two communist parties. That way they spend all their time feuding against each other and leave the rest of us to run a democracy in peace


No. In Finland during Easter the chocolate eggs are brought by a rooster (hey, we might have got the gender wrong, but at least it's the right species of animal)


I'm afraid you've mistaken the point. Finland has the best school system (as in elementary, junior-high and high school), not the best University system. That's because school's are ranked by the learning results and universities are ranked by the amount of research the turn out. The amount of research is pretty much (although of course not completely) determined by the amount of researchers and research equipment, which is determined by funding. Finnish universities are too poor to compete with the top universities and Finnish masters prefer to go and do productive work for the educational system and the industry rather thanstay as researchers. The bottom line is that a Finnish high school graduate will know a lot more than an American high school graduate.

Oh and here's a hilarious quote from the actual rules of this discussion forum: "By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws." Oops, you're not supposed to post any hateful messages and here you've been going on how much you hate commies, gays, muslims, Finnish etc.

I'm sorry but this post is entirely incoherent to all intents and purposes. Please try to post some Scripture - otherwise all that typing will have been simply worthless. Have a nice day. On kaunis päiva poronmetsastykseen, my friend.

[awesomeness]

Finland FTW

[hellsregect]

You guys are just sick, judging others by what country they live in, most of you are making asumptions and dont even know where finland is if thats not a sin i dont know what is

[Johannes Kirkeholm]

Originally Posted by hellsregect

You guys are just sick, judging others by what country they live in, most of you are making asumptions and dont even know where finland is if thats not a sin i dont know what is

Please back your wild accusations up with Scripture from the KJV1611. What we do and who we judge is all in accordance with the KJV so unless you can show os otherwise you are the sinner by judging us:

Matthew 7:1-2
Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

And before you say something stupid like 'but this just shows that you guys are sinning by judging,' remember that it doesn't matter that Christians are being judged because as long as they follow the KJV they are not sinning.

[SarahPalin]

Originally Posted by Johannes Kirkeholm

And before you say something stupid like 'but this just shows that you guys are sinning by judging,' remember that it doesn't matter that Christians are being judged because as long as they follow the KJV they are not sinning.

This is wild! Last time I heard anything like this was at fundamentalist Islamist meeting... "It is not a sin if done in name of God..."

[handmaiden]

Originally Posted by Patteripupu

a lot of kids learn it[Finnish] spontaneously before going to school)

Wow! Children in Finland just learn their native language-- just like, boom!--without going to school!

You people must be magic! I've never heard of young children learning the language spoken all around them without formal instruction before. Cool!


Amazedly Yours,

Handmaiden

[Patteripupu]

Originally Posted by Cranky Old Man

I hate none of those, I try to save all their souls with True Christian™ tough love.

Indeed you do not, and I really respect that. That comment was pointed at some of the other members of this forum during this discussion.

Originally Posted by Lost Sheep McUinnean

I'm sorry but this post is entirely incoherent to all intents and purposes. Please try to post some Scripture - otherwise all that typing will have been simply worthless. Have a nice day. On kaunis päiva poronmetsastykseen, my friend.

How so? My post commented on several issues brought up previously by other people:
1. Were Finnish soldiers fighting in the name of the Lord during WWII (some were and others weren't)
2. Does Zephaniah 3:9 indicate that God hates Finland because of the Finnish language (I really don't see how that passage proves it - I mean the passage says nothing about hating or condemning anybody)
3. Is English the pure language mentioned in Zephaniah 3:9 (I find it hard to believe, considering that English is a mangled mixture of a jumble of languages, burdened with insane spelling)
4. Is Finland a communist country (no, we have some communists, because a true democratic country allows people the freedom of opinion, but in Finland we just let the communists feud with each other thus leaving the rest of us to run a democracy in peace)
5. Do I believe in Easter Bunny (no, in Finland the kids instead believe in the Easter Rooster)
6. Is Finnish education system rubbish (no, basic education rankings - in which Finland is on the top - and university rankings - in which USA is on the top - are not comparable since the rankings are based on completely different things)

I also pointed out that many comments by members of this forum violate the rules of this forum by being hateful.

It would be pretty presumptuous of me to start quoting scripture with my meager knowledge, so I'm not doing that.

I thank you for wishing me a beautiful day for reindeer hunting ("kaunis päivä poronmetsästykseen"). However, having been born in Lapland and knowing people who make their living keeping reindeer I have to point out that hunting reindeer is illegal. All reindeer are the property of someone and therefore hunting them would essentially be stealing. Also I don't have a license to hunt or bear weapons (although I have a military officer training)

Originally Posted by handmaiden

Wow! Children in Finland just learn their native language-- just like, boom!--without going to school!

You people must be magic! I've never heard of young children learning the language spoken all around them without formal instruction before. Cool!


Amazedly Yours,

Handmaiden

Oops! We seem to have an unfortunate - and completely unintentional I'm sure - misunderstanding here. Let me clarify by quoting the original sentence in full:

Originally Posted by Patteripupu

average Finnish kid learns to read and write in 6 months and a lot of kids learn it spontaneously before going to school

In the sentence above, the word "it" is referring to reading and writing and not to the Finnish language. Therefore:

Originally Posted by Patteripupu

a lot of kids learn it[reading and writing] spontaneously before going to school

This comment of course points out that I think that the phonetic spelling of Finnish (for which we can thank the Finnish bishop Mikael Agricola in the 16th century) is superior to the insanely mangled spelling of English.