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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible
Shakers are Christians.
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Yes, but that particular sect is dying out because of its self-defeating rules. My point was that the common denominator of successful religions was that they had rules that led to increase/maintenance of membership. One could argue that this is tautological, because any religion in decline lacks, by definition, whatever qualities are required to maintain its membership. I suppose that all I was saying is that there seems to be precious little else that they all have in common.