I think it really is size, time established, etc. This sounds impure, but actually as I think about it it's quite scientific: does it lead to mass suicide? C

I think it really is size, time established, etc. This sounds impure, but actually as I think about it it's quite scientific: does it lead to mass suicide? Can respectable people hold such beliefs while continuing the behaviors that made them respectable? Is the cult/religion "fit" in the evolutionary sense? By their fruits shall ye know them, it seems.