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jimmy comments on Notes on Brainwashing & 'Cults' - Less Wrong Discussion

35 Post author: gwern 13 September 2013 08:49PM

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Comment author: jimmy 14 September 2013 06:32:23PM 5 points [-]

Typically, a conversion sticks because an organization provides value to its members.

People do get value from religion. The big two seem to be social conformity and fear of death, but there are others. The only atheist that I personally know who converted to Christianity got a wife out of the deal.