Methods Used to Draw Witnesses Away from their Faith Part I

This post is a spur of the moment, mainly experience based look at some of the methods that opposers of Jehovah’s Witnesses use to ‘break’ their faith and get them to leave the group. This author thought that it would be an interesting discussion, mainly because most of these methods are inherently hypocritical when used by an opposer who publicly espouses perfectly contrary principles, and because these methods almost never rely on any actual discussion of the Bible or doctrinal points and yet are effective at destroying faith anyways. In fact, most opposers will outright tell you to completely avoid discussing the Bible and its doctrine with Witnesses until after they have already destroyed the Witnesses’ trust in his friends, family and congregation, while the Witnesses themselves always begin the teaching and conversion process with Bible discussion.

Here are two things that an opposer will tell a weak or fading Witness very soon after their first encounter:

Examples of Apostate 'Love'

In response to a recent article on the continuing harassment of Witnesses in Russia ( http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/82751/ ), Teary became engaged in this interesting line of discussion:

Philippians 3:11 and the "Earlier Resurrection"

E. Gruss, a vocal and outspoken critic of Jehovah’s Witnesses, makes the following comments in one of his long winded attacks on the New World Translation:

ELDERS SHOULD SLAUGHTER ALL APOSTATES!

Those horrible apostates! They should be gunned down! Cut down! Slaughtered! And the evil JW elders are instructed to carry out the deed! The more blood the better!

At least, that is what the anti-Witness crowd now want you to believe. Take a look at this genuine masterpiece of word-butchery that was just recently cobbled together:

Steve Hassan: Anti-Cult Hero, Depraved Psychopath, or Both?

Steve Hassan, author of several 'anti-cult' books, disciple of the Margaret Singer theories on brainwashing, and hero of innumerable opposers of Jehovah's Witnesses, actually has a much more colorful past than many realize. Take for instance, these two affidavits that I managed to dig up from my pile of old documents.

The Truth About Witness Retention Rates

While browsing around the internet for information on Jehovah's Witnesses, a person is very likely to stumble across a statement like the following:

"Jehovah's Witnesses have the lowest retention rate of any religious group! Two out of every three Witnesses jump ship! They are leaving in droves!"

But what is the real story behind those figures? Do they accurately represent the true retention situation among Witnesses? This post will attempt to provide a brief answer.

Watchtower PDF Library Update 2!

It has been quite a while since the last official library update, and things have certainly grown in that interval. We are currently up to 10 Gigabytes of raw data and over 700 individual files!

What follows is a visual sampling of the bulk of that data. Searches and quote verifications from any of these publications is also available upon request (and after approval from Teary himself) if the sincere reader desires--simply shoot the blog owner an email or leave the request in the comments, and it will be reviewed in a timely manner.

Humor in the Rutherford - Troy Debate!

Kind of silly I know, but I just had to share this first page of the 1915 Rutherford - Troy debate after it made me crack up so much! After going over the positions of both Rutherford and Troy, notice in particular the stated position of the neutral chairman...

Laying to Rest the "Mentally Diseased" Nonsense

It has come to the attention of the Editor of this site that a new hot-button issue has been circulating around the internet, and has ever made its way into some British newspapers. That controversy revolves around the July 15, 2011 Study Edition of the Watchtower Magazine, which is quoted from and screen captured below. The Editor of this blog will attempt to lay out a complete analysis all of the issues surrounding this Watchtower article in the following post.