Time to chime in with my own experience;

The climbing gym is definitely cult-like, and ive chugged a tall glass of kool-aid. The very nature of climbing is social (you need a partner to belay you) and people (at least at my gym) are all super friendly. Everybody climbs differently based on their own anatomy, and you can learn alot from watching and speaking with others. Normally I prefer training alone, but this is one instance where having a climbing cult definitely helps motivate, not to mention build trust in your belayer. I highly recommend joining this particular cult, or at least giving the kool-aid a taste.