by ILoveTTATT2 26 Replies latest jw friends
So the other day someone asked me what use was it to make the list of countries in which there have been reports...
Well... to know that, as far as I can tell, there has NEVER been preaching done in Oman.
It has NEVER appeared in any report, and the reports go back to 1926!
All other countries and lands have appeared, but not Oman.
So there... first useful fact about the Watchtower that we can get from 90 years of data.
Sorry if my question "what are you going to do with the data" sounded like "what use is it?" I didn't mean that at all. I think it's a great idea. In fact I did something similar myself years ago, but by hand, with 70+ physical yearbooks and an excel spreadsheet. For me one of the most interesting things I found was the dramatic differences from country to country surrounding 1975. For some countries such as the Phillipines the impact was dramatic and for other countries such as Italy there was no impact whatever.
Sounds like a good idea. I wish I knew how to do it.
Alaska and Hawaii in or out US, South Sudan, Rhodesia, Zambia, mixing changing names all over the place. Complicated stuff. Good luck.
What are you going to do with all the data?
Oman is probably one of the "Thirty other lands". I understand there are two congregations in Oman, made up entirely of expats. One English, and one in one of the Indian languages (I can't remember which). They don't dare evangelise to locals.
I have a friend, an XJW, who works in Oman. There are JWs there and they are active among the expat community.
Oman is probably one of the "Thirty other lands". I understand there are two congregations in Oman, made up entirely of expats. One English, and one in one of the Indian languages (I can't remember which). They don't dare evangelise to locals.
I have a friend, an XJW, who works in Oman. There are JWs there and they are active among the expat community.
Interesting!
You checked for Masqat or Maskat as well? (I guess so)
Yep... checked for that. Nothing!
So there... first useful fact about the Watchtower that we can get from 90 years of data.
There's another useful fact you can get from their data: they are full of --it.
JWs were reported in Saudi Arabia? Seriously?!
@ LoveUni...
I don't imagine they had much impact, there. :smirk:
