Here's some interesting information about the founder of the Jehovah's Witness cult from Catholics.com, in an article called History of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
"It was this diminished Adventism which influenced Russell, who took the title "Pastor" even though he never got through high school. In 1879, he began the Watch Tower—what would later be known as the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, the teaching organ of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. In 1908 he moved its headquarters to Brooklyn, where it has remained ever since.
"Before he got his religious career well underway, Russell promoted what he called "miracle wheat," which he sold at sixty dollars per bushel. He claimed it would grow five times as well as regular wheat. In fact, it grew slightly less well than regular wheat, as was established in court when Russell was sued. Later he marketed a fake cancer cure and what he termed a 'millennial bean' (which a wag has said probably got that name because it took a thousand years to sprout)."
I wonder if Jehovah's Witnesses know this.
