almost haha..... they may not fear, but are rebelling against deception by authorities...(which is common every day).... and people want SOMETHING to hold on to, to be as if they can be with others rejecting the deceptive system(s) of authority in the world everywhere - so that may be why it is popular so much, and growing...
OR may be that the first step is flat earth , unrelated to yec or cc.... whatever they hear of first that seems to them like a kind of freedom from the massive deception world wide in most all and other areas....
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with media controlled, censored, and fake news today as it is, who knows.....
... who knows..... there are some forums on the web with maybe over 100,000 members if not active posters.... all contributing to 'other directions' of their own making, or worse..... all or often as written in Scripture "for lack of <true> <experiential> knowledge , even as "My people perish" (slowly or quicker), so also more multitudes not His people perish ....