Blood on the Altar

by David A. Reed

"More kids are dying right now in obedience to the Jehovah's Witness ban on blood transfusions than perished in the fire at Waco, Texas," says former Witness elder David A. Reed. "How can a major sect with headquarters in New York City and twelve million attending its religious services worldwide quietly lead victims to early deaths without public outcry?" Reed cites dozens of well-documented casesmedia reports naming victims, doctors, and hospitals issuing their death certificatesas he blows the whistle on a deadly cult that secretly instructs members to kidnap children from hospital beds and teaches children to resist doctors violently and give false testimony in court.This former minister, now widely recognized as an authority on the sect, explains his own role in bringing new members under mind control. With captivating anecdotes he details an enforcement apparatus that reaches even into clinics and hospitals. He brings to light secret instructions for hospital employees to turn over confidential patient records to the church, and tells how the hierarchy conducts bedside trials of members who accept forbidden medical treatment. Reed joined the sect as a naive young adult and rose through the ranks until he learned how the secretive leadership operated. Realizing that his friends were dying for beliefs supposedly channeled from God, but actually fabricated by the church hierarchy. After leaving the sect, he spent years researching its history and activitiesevidence revealed here for the first time. Reed's warning cannot be ignored.

Genres: Religion, Nonfiction

285 pages, Hardcover

First published April 30, 1996

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Christopher Stevenson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A concise and well-researched history of the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society and lots of little-known facts about their beginning.

Reed is currently a member of my new Facebook page devoted to books written by and/or about ex-Jehovah's Witnesses "The Ex-JW Evil Apostate Books Club---> http://is.gd/p4WL6q

Still currently reading it.

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an interesting look at the personal and doctrinal issues that the author (a former Jehovah's Witness) experienced in the church. He did an excellent job of discussing the cognitive dissonance experienced by members when their experiences were different from the doctrine. (For example, Jehovah's Witnesses are the happiest, most well adjusted people is the doctrine but it isn't necessarily the experience of the members individually.)