What's more, whereas devotees of traditional religions typically have acquired their beliefs as a result of their families or locale, members of these new cults have usually decided for themselves to join. The fact that outsiders view such cults very skeptically only more inclines their members to prove to outsiders that they have made the right choice.
此外，傳統宗教信徒往往帶有地緣及家族性質，相較之下，新興宗教信眾則多半是經由自己的選擇而入教，加上外人對新興宗教的陌生與質疑，更使他們急著向別人證明自己的選擇是正確的。