More than 80 followers of David Koresh perished over a 51-day period at the Branch Davidian compound outside Waco, Texas, and the whole world watched. Jehovah's Witnesses have been dying one at a time, refusing vaccinations from 1931 to 1952, refusing organ transplants from 1967 to 1980, and refusing blood transfusions from 1944 to now, without attracting much attention. Yet, with 4.5 million full members and 11.5 million attending meetings, the number of Jehovah's Witnesses dying in obedience to their leaders adds up to a tragedy worse than Waco.
David A. Reed served for a decade as a contributing editor of Dr. Walter Martin's Christian Research Journal and has authored some twenty books on Bible topics. His most recent include Come, Follow Jesus!—the Real Jesus and DOORSTEP BIBLE Answering Mormons & Jehovah's Witnesses.