Foreword

by Linnie Miller

This book is a comprehensive look at how a
religious cult can impact on people's lives. It shows,
in detail, the way we were ensnared in the beginning
and the way members of the Watchtower organiza-
tion lose virtually all their personal rights and
freedoms. The book also shows how prayer and love
ultimately prevailed in bringing us to a personal
relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

When we came out of the organization of Jehovah's
Witnesses, we felt totally alone. We searched fran-
tically for information in bookstores and libraries.
We are very thankful to persons such as David Reed,
Lori McGregor, Joan Cetnar and Paul Blizzard, who
took the time to record their experiences and make
the information available to people like us, so that we
too could escape the evil Watchtower organization.

Because of this, we experienced a heartfelt need to
write down our experiences in an effort to help
others, and we hope that will be accomplished
through the publishing of this book.

Introduction

by David A. Reed
-- author of Jehovah's Witnesses Answered Verse by Verse

When Jesus Christ sets people free from years of
bondage to the Watchtower organization, they almost
always want to run outside and tell the world what
happened -- how they fell for the cultic snare in the
first place, what it was like to be a Jehovah's
Witness, and how happy they are now to have finally
found freedom in Christ.

Ralph T. Miller is especially qualified to tell that
story. He was a JW for thirty years, no less tenure
than William Schnell who authored Thirty Years a
Watchtower Slave some decades earlier. As Crime
Prevention Officer of a Kentucky police department,
Captain Miller developed his God-given writing
talent, turning out dozens of informative newspaper
articles on subjects ranging from bicycle safety to
burglary prevention.

The result is that Jehovah's Witnesses: Victims of
Deception is entertaining to read, yet gets its point
across powerfully and convincingly. While a thirty-
year story could easily overwhelm the reader with
endless narrative and boring details, the author
doesn't let that happen. Like his fictional
counterpart, Sergeant Friday of the long-running TV
series "Dragnet," Captain Miller confines himself to
"The facts, M'am, just the facts." And those facts
prove truly fascinating.

Although uniquely his in its personal details,
Ralph Miller's story is typical of thousands of others.
The honest sincerity in seeking to serve God through
the Watchtower, the human weaknesses and failings
frankly admitted, and the confusing distress when
his world as a Witness starts to unravel -- these are
common threads that all of us who once were
Witnesses recognize and identify with. The climax,
too, that came through miraculous answer to prayer,
is also typical. It is typical of what the Lord does
when a lost sinner despairs of finding salvation in
himself or in a human organization and finally turns
to the living God.

So, keep in mind as you read what follows, that
Ralph Miller's story epitomizes the similar experiences
of many other former Witnesses.