Deprogramming as Antidote Deprogramming as Antidote The Presuppositions of Deprogramming Advocates The Logic of Deprogramming The Presuppositions of Deprogramming Advocates Brainwashing is difficult to resist and has powerful effects. Reversing these effects requires equally powerful measures. Commitment to the new religion is not really a true commitment but, rather, a pseudo-conversion .
Enslaved individuals have no rights because they have been taken away by the group .
The dividing line between voluntary and involuntary deprogramming is whether or not the invidiual has agreed to participate. In reality, there is great variability in how voluntary deprogramming is conducted. Thus, voluntary deprogramming may vary from coercive-like to a much kinder, gentler, informal process from which the cult member may or may not elect to continue memberhip. Not all deprogrammings have been successful. Where these individuals were legally adults, the facts of the case were pretty clear cut.