| | Religious Movements in the United States (Miller) |
 | | This religious diversity has been around for a long time, thanks in significant part to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees that no religion will have governmental endorsement and that all Americans are free to practice the religions of their choice. |
| | Many people, they point out, experience religious conversion and develop deep commitment to their newfound faiths, and the implications of the term “brainwashing” (which was popularized to describe psychological manipulation of prisoners of war by Communists during the Korean War) make it inappropriate for describing the conversion process. |
| | While it is undoubtedly true that some religious leaders have abused followers psychologically, sexually, or physically, there is no reason to believe that such behavior happens more frequently in religious settings than in secular environments, or in NRMs more than in mainstream religions. |
| religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /essays/miller2003.htm (5149 words) |
