Adam and Eve's children got married. Who did they marry? Genesis 5:1...
Enoch was transported directly to heaven at the end of his earthly time. Genesis 5:24
After his ordeal, Noah got drunk. One of his sons was banished for making fun of him.Genesis 9:20...
Abraham, and then later his son, lied about their relationship with their wives when visiting a foreign land. Genesis 12:10...Genesis 26:7...
Lot wasn't a model Witness. He was greedy, foolish, and in the end, incestuous. His Uncle also once had to rescue him from bandits who had raided the town. That idiot Lot always bothered me. Even after he was captured and released, he still lived in that corrupt town. Genesis 13:8... Genesis 14:14.... Genesis 19...to the end.
Moses married a "foreigner" and his sister was struck by God for gossipping about it. Numbers 12:1... Moses' father, also a "foreigner", advised him on his government and got him straightened out. Exodus 18:12...
All the female heroes in the bible are downplayed. We've got a woman Judge, the housewife who drove a stake through the head of Isreal's enemy, David's third wife, and at least three female leaders in the early church. http://www.womeninthebible.net/
Elijah was transported directly to heaven. 2 Kings 2...
Job's comforters. The book isn't just about Jehovah's sovereignty, it is also about the futility of false comforters accusing the suffering. Are Witnesses any different in their treatment of the sick? (Book of Job)
Most Christians evade the bloody bits in the bible. Like the distressed father who quartered his dead raped daughter and displayed her throughout Isreal (Judges 20) or the boys ripped apart by bears. (2 Kings 2:23-24)
The parable of Lazarus in Heaven and his old tormentor in that "other place", starting at Luke 16:20...
Jesus conversed with ancient worthies in front of witnesses. Were they spirits? Ghosts? Resurrected flesh? Angelic beings returned to earth? How does this fit in with the Witness doctrine of the Great Wait 'till Paradise? Mark 9:1-8
Now, a well-versed Witness will politely offer to "research" the answer and get back to you. They will look up the "answer" in their reasoning book. They may or may not come back to you depending on their confidence level at what they've found. Remember, just because they come up with a reason or an explanation, does that reason make sense, in context. Also keep in mind that even if you lay bare their flawed reasoning, their self-deception may remain intact. They could brush off all your comments as those of an "unbeliever" or an "opposer". Be warned, the self deception runs deep.
If I were to approach a Witness with scriptures like these, I'd probably take the pea shooter approach rather than machine-gun style. Give them something small to chew over. If they are confident enough to come back for another go at you, shoot them again with something small. And so on. A Witness will listen far longer if they perceive you as non-threatening to their faith.
