Tokens: Even
if
the
use
of
such
objectionable
methods
of
proselytising
had
been
established
,
I
would
have
hesitated
to
answer
this
question
in
the
affirmative
,
since
it
is
evidently
difficult
to
establish
where
spiritual
means
of
conversion
cross
the
borderline
between
insistent
and
intensive
teaching
,
which
should
be
allowed
,
and
spiritual
coercion
akin
to
brainwashing
.
I
am
not
satisfied
,
however
,
that
the
existence
of
such
offensive
methods
has
been
established
.
In
1984
the
author
of
a
study
on
these
new
sects
,
made
at
the
request
of
the
Netherlands
Parliament
,
concluded
after
extensive
research
that
,
as
far
as
the
Netherlands
were
concerned
,
there
was
no
such
evidence
.
The
author
stressed
that
everywhere
the
new
sects
had
provoked
violent
reactions
including
persistent
allegations
about
such
methods
,
but
that
Governments
had
up
till
then
declined
to
take
measures
.
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