Lin Ku-fang observes that there is often something about the personalities of the founders and spiritual leaders of new religions that enables them to attract a particular type of disciple. Adherents throw themselves into these organizations like people falling in love, happily casting aside their worldly positions and possessions.
林谷芳觀察，新興宗教的教主或精神領袖常具有某種人格特質，可以吸引同質性高的信徒，信徒彷彿談戀愛般地狂熱投入，甘願放棄現世利益。