{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "They say proselytism is basically a numbers game with converts a function of how much effort you put into missionary work,...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/698244440877334528/", "html": "<p>They say proselytism is basically a numbers game with converts a function of how much effort you put into missionary work, mediated by the chance the target is open to <b>a</b> new path (which goes up in cases of crisis and tragedy) and the wealth difference of the mission/convert (which affects the secular appeal of community membership). Mormons and Scientologists get so many converts because they deploy existing members to spend a lot of time seeking them.</p><p>Which makes me wonder how useful Chick Tracts could&rsquo;ve <i>been</i> in evangelism \u2013 even if the recipient is in an vulnerable state, how likely is it that the specific subject of the tract at all corresponds?</p><p>Strikes me that distributing them was more for the benefit of the <i>distributor</i>, who got to have the experience of affirming whatever specific position to an audience.</p>"}