But are they socially awkward because they have been raised within that group? Or because that group actively recruits them when they are older?    Most of the Christian churches fill from within.. go forth, multiply, if your kids aren't dunked in Jesus juice early they are going to hell, etc.     Other groups (Scientology,) prey pretty heavily on adults, who already have money to funnel to their upline to buy access to the bridge. There's SOME recruiting through the "youth outreach" she'll companies, but most of it, as well, is designed to grab parents who will pay dearly for shitty "tech" to save their kids.