Editing Thought-terminating cliché (section)

== In religion ==
An example of the cliché in use provided by Chaz Bufe is "the admonition given to Catholic schoolchildren to recite the [[Hail Mary]] or [[rosary]] to ward off 'impure thoughts'. The use of repetitive chanting by the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness|Hare Krishnas]] serves the same thought-stopping purpose."<ref name=":0" /> Christian author Ann Morisy criticized the [[Christian Church]] for their uses of such clichés coinciding with their doctrines that intentionally reduce the possibility of dialogue, stating that failure to move beyond them risks falling prey "to a new version of [[gnosticism]]" along with alienating those not of the faith.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |title=Bothered and bewildered: enacting hope in troubled times |last=Morisy |first=Ann |date=2009 |publisher=Continuum |isbn=9781441163929 |location=London |oclc=680017855}}</ref>{{clarification needed<!--This sentence is poorly constructed. It is difficult to fix, because I do not know precisely what is meant. "Coinciding" is not the right word. What is the subject of "that intentionally reduce"? "Uses"? "Such clichés"? Or "their doctrines"? "Failure to move beyond them"—beyond what? Too much packed into one sentence.-->|date=January 2025}} [[Scientology]] has also been criticized for using protocols, language and lexicons that use thought-terminating clichés to condition its members or to reaffirm a [[confirmation bias]], which makes it difficult for members to think "outside the box".<ref name="Peterson">{{cite news|title=Scientology's enturbulating lingo|first=Britt|last=Peterson|date=March 19, 2015 |newspaper=Boston Globe|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2015/03/19/scientology-enturbulating-lingo/TvBESMQkV4RcxGnyrNSH1K/story.html |access-date=October 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/scientology-children-second-generation-846732/|title=Children of Scientology: Life After Growing Up in an Alleged Cult|last1=Sanders|first1=Ash|date=2019-06-24|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref>