An article that gives tools to form your own opinion about a
group or religion you might be wondering about is "Evaluating
Spiritual and Utopian Groups" by Dr. Arthur Deikman.

http://www.deikman.com/eval.html

We've also gathered other articles and books on the Resources page of
"Wind of Changes" that are often used for this purpose.

http://www.windofchanges.org/Resources.html

Good weekend wishes!
Judy