But that was a long time ago right, almost as long ago as you quit the cult. I'm not making excuses for him. Just saying, that was probably a long time ago and things change. I expect if you talked to him now, he'd say you were right, it was just a stupid cult.
Although I did a quick scan of the index of the book, and noticed there was no mention of Rawat's cult. I took that as a sign of it probably being insignificant compared to Rajneesh or Scientology. But maybe he didn't mention it because he didn't want to offend relatives still in the cult. Whatever the reason, I don't think it reflects anything on what he's saying in the book.
America is pretty unique amongst western cultures in its religiosity, its liking for guns, its thirst for individual freedom above all else, and its appetite for nutty conspiracy theories. I was amused at Trump telling Abe that mass murder like the shooting in Texas could have happened anywhere, when it has never happened in Japan. Not once. In America, it's becoming normal.
