ex-l wrote:but where do the rest go? This has always been a mystery to me.
Back to 'normal' life?
I believe all who come into BKs are affected differently, maybe even numberwise. Ask someone who just is not on the BK/Shiva/Gyan wavelength and they will probably think "same old religious nonsense", it will have no effect on them.
So I think from mild interest to obsession, would be the window of those becoming a BK. Even in the BKs of today we know that some (or many) just aren't that bothered about finding the truth, they've found their little spiritual patch to hang onto. The need to believe becomes stronger than the need for truth.