Jehovah's Witnesses, they're big in ...

by Simon 9 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Simon

  I just checked out Google Trends for "Jehovah's Witnesses" (Denomination). Not sure if the link will be to the term but let's try:

  http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%2Fm%2F0dtdq
  

  Now, look at the "Regional Interest" which I presume shows where there are most searches. It is a story in itself. Countries with challenges appear to be prime targets for cults like this to exploit.

  • Angola
  • Zambia
  • Rwanda
  • Congo (DRC)
  • Malawi
  • Togo
  • Haiti
  • Ghana
  • Zimbabwe
  • Madagascar

  
  

  If you look at things by City then it's all Africa and South America. 
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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  That list of countries seems so bizarre. I tried the term "grumpy cat", and it was U.S., Canada, Hungary, Australia, New Zealand, Latvia, Puerto Rico. Something more like I would expect. Evidently, most of the world would agree with grumpy cat...

  

  
  

  
  
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  Simon

  That's what struck me ... a really strange list of countries and most have had recent tragedy or conflict.

  Probably what makes for fertile territory.
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  joe134cd

  The witnesses are dead in westernized countries.  I think people are aware of them.
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  cofty

  That is an interesting trend.

  Education and prosperity is the antidote to what the borg are peddling.
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  Juan Viejo2

  Type in JW.org. 

  You will see big spike in mid-2014 and it is now dropping off precipitously since then. Same trend - mostly African countries.

  I'm not convinced, however, that Google trends is all that accurate. Many sites that have hundreds of visitors each day barely pop up. I think that the trends thing only measures actual exact word searches, not visitors or views.

  
  

  JV

  
  

  
  
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  KateWild

  Good point, all cults prey on the vulnerable. It's how they control people more easily, if they are vulnerable.

  Kate xx
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  LoveUniHateExams

  I agree with joe134cd and cofty - WTS growth is pretty much non-existent in western countries, and education is the antidote to extremist beliefs. 
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  _Morpheus

  I wonder if that prevelance of searching represents people looking for jw's or perhaps people finding information about jw's, meaning being educated about the "real " jw's
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  Phizzy

  " Education is the antidote to extremist beliefs. "

  This applies not just to JW's, but to all extremist beliefs.

  The difficulty arises in getting the Education into Thick Skulls.