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  2. Deprogramming - Wikipedia

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    Deprogramming is a controversial tactic that seeks to dissuade someone from "strongly held convictions" [1] such as religious beliefs. Deprogramming purports to assist a person who holds a particular belief system—of a kind considered harmful by those initiating the deprogramming—to change those beliefs and sever connections to the group associated with them.

  3. Ted Patrick - Wikipedia

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    Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt Patrick, Jr. (born 1930) is an American deprogrammer and author. He is sometimes referred to as the "father of deprogramming." [1] [2]In the 1970s, Patrick and other anti-cult activists founded the Citizens' Freedom Foundation (which later became known as the Cult Awareness Network) and began offering what they called "deprogramming" services to people who wanted a ...

  4. Jason Scott case - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Controversies surrounding new religious movements have continued, but the debate has mostly moved to other arenas than the courts. [1] [40] With the Scott decision, deprogramming came to an almost complete halt in North America, [40] [41] and the practice was largely given up in favor of voluntary exit counseling. [42]

  5. Explainer-How Trump could bypass the Senate to install his ...

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    President-elect Donald Trump has said he might install his picks for top administration posts without first winning approval in the U.S. Senate. This would erode the power of Congress and remove a ...

  6. Cult Awareness Network - Wikipedia

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    The Cult Awareness Network was the most notable organization to emerge from the anti-cult movement in America. In the 1970s, a growing number of large and small New Religious Movements caused alarm in some sections of the community, based in part on the fear of "brainwashing" or "mind control" allegedly employed by these groups. The Cult ...

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  8. Rick Alan Ross - Wikipedia

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    Rick Alan Ross (b. 1952) is an American deprogrammer, cult specialist, and founder and executive director of the nonprofit Cult Education Institute. [1] He frequently appears in the news and other media discussing groups some consider cults.

  9. What is a Conservative? Understanding how the term works in ...

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    The magazine listed what it stood for in its first issue: "religion, the King, liberty…and upstanding people." These were the things under threat from the new society formed after the Revolution.