I thought Zahavasdad’s point was pretty clear.
I think what he’s saying is true. Those 100 college kids who learn once a week with their local Chabad, and will probably stay frie forever all have parents with wallets. That’s 99 more wallets than the 1 full success.
That being said, the thread is supposed to be about the halachic merit. To me, the bigger problem is that kiruv ends up building a kind of PC culture where a lot more is presented as acceptable than really is. Eg. “Yeah, of course you can be a totally good Jewish woman and wear short shorts! There’s NOTHING wrong with it!” They assume they’ll get a chance to tell them the truth later, but that chance doesn’t always come.
For the record, I love this thread. 2017 and Joseph’s still got it. And, here we are giving serious responses to a post that’s obviously at least 60% troll.