There are few things that are as destructive as adultery and if you're the one who is being betrayed, you need good advice fast. That's what you'll find in Dr. Rhodes' book. Good advice. Fast! Get it, read it. Then take care of yourself.

A comprehensive, eye opening study, that will hit home. At first you look around the bookstore to make sure that no one sees you take the book off of the shelf (with a title like this, you wouldn't want anyone to think that YOU or anyone you know could possibly have a problem). As you peruse the pages, you are struck with the gentle no nonsense style and understanding that Dr. Rhodes exhibits throughout the book. Suddenly, you are through the checkout line, at home, reading, and more important, for the first time, YOU ARE READY TO DO SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT THE PROBLEM!

Would you board a ship if there were no lifeboats or life preservers? Of course not. Then why not make sure you're fully protected in your relationship, too. How? Buy and read Affairs: Emergency Tactics. Dr. Rhodes' excellent, practical, down-to-earth, nuts-and-bolts guide is for every person who is hi--or might be hit--by the disaster of a suddenly discovered partner's affair. It's required reading for women and men who want to protect themselves from the emotional damage of an affair and use it instead as an opportunity to rebuild their lives. I found the section on the different kinds of affairs particularly helpful. Dr. Rhodes enables you to understand what happened, gives you the information to figure out what to do, and empowers you to do it. A winner, from beginning to end.

Norman Geisler has written several "When ___ Ask" books. This is by far les exhaustive than the others, but that is this books strength. Aided by Ron Rhodes, formerly of the Cristian Research Insititute, this book aids a theologically correct Christian persepective on important scriptual verses that are often abused by cults such as Mormonism, International Church of Christ, and Jehovah's Witnesses.

The title, though "catchy", is somewhat of an offense because some arguably Christian denominations are also listed. Though the writers, Geisler and Rhodes, may not brand these denominations as cults, the title appears to lump them in altogether and to the person who already thinks that Roman Catholics or Seventh Day Adventists are cults, may also abuse the authors names in their assertions when discussing these issues with others.

The information, however is very accurate and the scripture commentary normally very sound and orthodox. This book is a good resource and only the title should have been changed slightly.

If you are a Catholic or Adventists, this book is also a good resource tool for you. Don't make the mistake of throwing the "baby out with the bath water." This book by itself, however, is not enough in understanding and dialoguing with cultist. It is a good supplemental tool and I believe the authors would agree.

I recommend getting Geisler's two other books of this same genre. They are "When Skeptics Ask" and "When Critics Ask."

First off, I should point out that the word "cult" has become a loaded word that should be avoided at all costs. So often it is associated with everything from Jonestown to Waco, and nobody wants to believe that his church is a "cult." So having this word in the title could be a turn-off who are offended by such terminology. Working with groups that claim to be Christian but whose theology is anything but, I can vouch that Geisler and Rhodes do cover the major verses used to support false teachings. Although some of the passages are pretty much a repeat of what is covered in "When Critics Ask" by Geisler and Howe, there is enough original material to make it a worthwhile companion volume. It is especially useful for those who enjoy spending time sharing their faith with others. Of course, not every passage is as complete as I'd like it to be, but overall it gives the reader a head start in the right direction. For this reason I do recommend it.

In response to two of the previous reviewers, I applaud the authors for including Roman Catholics, Mormons, and other supposedly Christian sects in this book. Instead of getting emotional about the inclusion of the group that you belong to, or one that you for some reason favor, you should look objectively at what the authors say are wrong with these groups' interpretation of certain biblical passages.

This book really does, as one of the reviewers here notes, represent an all-star cast of anti-Mormons. Its poor quality is all the more striking for that very fact.

Several fundamental problems mar the book. For one thing, its authors consistently offer up the most damning possible version of Latter-day Saint belief -- often in a form that few Mormons, if any, would be willing to accept. Then it compares that caricatured version to the authors' own less-than-obviously-true understanding of the Bible or of Christianity, as if their interpretations were the only ones on the market. Moreover, the authors don't always seem to know much about their subject. (Geisler is a particular disappointment in this regard.)

And, of course, the book's relentlessly antagonistic attitude toward the Latter-day Saints and their faith shouldn't exactly inspire its readers with confidence in the fairness of its approach. But then, lack of fairness probably won't matter to a considerable proportion of the book's audience, who may well get too much pleasure out of seeing the Mormons trashed to worry much about such matters as bias, accuracy, and context.

The best chapter in this book is by Francis Beckwith, a philosophy professor who has written an academic monograph on Mormonism as well as a number of academic articles (which means, I presume, that he knows something about Mormonism). Ron Rhodes's chapter is second best, but Geisler and Roberts could use some improvement. I think a project like this is good, but it should be a little more tight. It is written clearly and intended for a wide audience. The book is worth buying just for Beckwith's well-reasoned critique of the Mormon concept of God.

My only complaint: Let's just take it a step further and say "The Counterfeit Religion of Christianity". All of Christiandom (and Islam and Buddhism and every other "other worldly" religion had the same formative processes that created Mormonism, only so long ago no one seems to muster the critical scope to take it on.