Any religion that actively impedes its adherents from functioning in their social and economic milieu will kill its adherents and die out. Witness the saucer cultists in purple sneakers who drank the Kool-Aid that was supposed to transport them to the tail of Hale-Bogg Comet.
On the other hand, mainstream church attendance is certainly bolstered by the economic benefits of networking during coffee hour. And one reason Scientology persists is that its adherents never fail to announce that L. Ron Hubbard is the reason for their success.
So this is an interesting, but hardly surprising, concept.
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