Originally Posted By: Revlgking
Bill, 'flock'? I used the word to refer to 'my sheeple'--You know! The kind that, in the "good old days" G~O~D), we clergy liked to fleece, eh? cool Me now? Now--since 1994--I have to be content with fleecing the BIG pension fund.
That would illustrate the mechanics of religion as an industry in humanity. However the psychological draw may be a bit more in depth, if you were to address the human interest side that samwik seeks to understand.

I was addicted to the Hokey Pokey, but then I turned myself around!!