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.