I checked it out thinking it would be an interesting perspective on some 70s cults, but when I started reading I realized it was on the intellectual level of the booklets Latter Day Saints pass out, with some historical background on other cults.I finally grew tired of the author's preachiness and arrogance, and the rampant hypocrisy in all of his arguments.Probably if you are already a member of a socially acceptable fundamentalist christian cult, you might find this book more interesting.