Religions, cults and radical ideologies oftentimes use deceitful subterfuge when conversing with people in order to try to trick them and perhaps convert them into the ideology. The tactic is: Rather than directly blurt out the doctrine they are trying to convince the other person of, they start with statements and questions that are easy to agree with, and which touch on beliefs of the ideology. So they will have a half-hour conversation with the person, constantly making easy-to-agree statements and asking subtly leading questions that most people will answer in a way that conforms to the ideology (at least superficially), and the conversation will slowly veer deeper and deeper into the topics of the ideology, slowly luring the person into it. After all if the person has been agreeing with everything for half an hour, and everything seems to be ideologically very comfortable and agreeable, and when one has built a sort of social connection with the other person, it's then natural...