Dustin comments on Building rationalist communities: lessons from the Latter-day Saints - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Dustin 09 May 2011 03:48:00PM 4 points [-]

I'm familiar with Jehovah's Witnesses and your description of how LDS is organized is very similar to how JW's are organized and operate.

Since they are one of the groups that are faster growing than the LDS, it seems plausible that the method of organization is one of the leading causes of the growth of both.

That being said, I have to expend a modicum of mental effort overcoming the fact that the offered advice comes from a religon!

Comment author: David_Gerard 09 May 2011 07:46:28PM 1 point [-]

Since they are one of the groups that are faster growing

I don't mean to seem churlish, but claims of "faster/fastest growing" need quantifiers of both percentage and numbers.

Comment author: Dustin 09 May 2011 10:35:16PM 1 point [-]

See footnote 4 in the post.