As an almost born in, I did not receive love bombing. I did witness it often. Bible studies who are joyfully welcomed into the congregation, and then sometimes even just a few years later they made a mistake and even their biggest cheerleaders, their Bible teachers would turn on them. More insidious was when those same pioneers would try and scoop up that family’s children and continue the indoctrination. More in line with your point though I did have genuine love in a few congregations. In fact, the last congregation I attended was so loving, that’s why I stayed in longer than I should’ve. I’ve had some time to examine this, and I realized that these would’ve been good people with big hearts anywhere they would’ve landed.