Religion has always exploited prejudices. But what kind of prejudices do we have against particular religions. A good tool for working this out is the Google algorithm. On Google.com you begin by typing 'why I are Jews' with the help of the Google algorithm the sentence is finished by somewhat the search criteria. Other uses for example "Why I Jews.... so greedy" "Why are Jews so celever?". The algorithm is determined by the popularity of the search terms. In other words all of the completed sentences. Resulting from the partial search were previously typed in as search terms by Google users. This automatic completion (Google autocomplete results) is a little revealing, a revealing little method for gauging the interests and attitudes of Google users.
The model shown here reveals our results when we typed into Google 'Why are...' adding one of the 5 worlds religion. Buddhists, Muslims., Hindus, Christians, Jews and then we tried atheists and Jehovah's witness.
If god exists I hope he has a good excuse Woody Allen
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