Why pantheism is on the rise in Finland

Two participants named "Christmas Now" and "Zurele" pose at the NordicFuzzCon in Malmo, Sweden. The NordicFuzzCon is one of the largest European gatherings of "furries" and cartoon animal enthusiasts. 

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By Cédric Placentino - Posted at CNE.news

A young child comes to school wearing the mask of a cat. This may seem like a normal game. But when the child enters the classroom, he keeps the mask on. The teacher asks him to remove it, but the child says he can't. "I am a cat, Ma'am! I can't remove the mask."

This may sound unbelievable, yet cases like this are multiplying rapidly in Finnish public schools today. There is now even a word to identify those who think that they are animals: 'therian'.

Several popular national channels such as YLE or MTV3 have recently reported this new phenomenon of children believing to be 'therians'.

They interviewed secular psychologists to find reasonable explanations for it, but the latter replied that children were only playing. Thus, these 'experts' ended up recommending that the parents let the children play. What can be more natural than that?

'Relaxation'

On the other hand, other secular news outlets have been more alarmed by the rising number of children who truly believe they are animals.

What is interpreted as a game by secular psychologists is, in fact, a testament to the rise of pantheism in Finland. It is also expressed in the growing interest in witchcraft, which is increasingly used even in Finnish kindergartens.

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