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Religion in Peru[edit]

Are you aware that Jehovah's Witnesses in 2014 had 123,000 babtised members and possibly a similar number studying the bible with them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.212.158.61 (talk) 02:15, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This is not a comment page. If you feel this information is relevant at a specific article and have a reliable third-party source to back it up, feel free to add it to that article. See WP:Teahouse if you need help making such an edit. μηδείς (talk) 03:11, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'm not aware that Jehovah's Witnesses in 2014 had 123,000 babtised members and possibly a similar number studying the bible with them. Next question! —Tamfang (talk) 04:18, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds like OR to me. Citation, please! -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 05:08, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So how is Tamfang supposed to find a source to prove he didn't know. Tamfang, I believe you didn't know that and I don't need a source. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 05:20, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously, Tamfang should go publish a paper describing the state of Tamfang's ignorance. Preferably in an peer reviewed academic journal (no self-published sources, please). Dragons flight (talk) 10:13, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That could be the longest thing I ever write. —Tamfang (talk) 07:49, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

To answer the OP's question, see Jehovah's Witnesses by country. Our article gives a figure of 194,860 for "Average Bible study", referenced to the 2015 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. I'm not sure what "average" means in this context, I must admit. Tevildo (talk) 10:00, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Peru, just by itself, must be taking up most of the storied 144,000. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:36, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]