New questions:
Does a larger number of converts to one's religion reinforce the notion for that person that their religion is "real" ?
Once a person has been converted, it seems that person is then sort of stowed away like a trophy and the focus of the people doing the converting immediately shifts to the next prize (the next convert). Why is this?
I think many of the devout might disagree with your observation, pointing out that what
it seems like to you is that of an observation hopelessly skewed by bias. It could also be equally likely that (as I think we're talking about Christianity again - as I don't see a large recruiting effort on the part of the practitioners of Judaism) is that there
is the burden of Christians to spread the word of Christ, and once someone accepts him as their personal savior, then the attention they receive is not the same "recruitment practices," but rather fall into the fold and do "everyday kinds of stuff."
I don't know what that "stuff" would be, but just a opening postulation. I actually have some questions of my own I would like to ask the devout based on a recurring set of assumptions I hear, particularly when discussing Omnipotence, but I think that deserves it's own thread.