Yes the elders made another stop to continue to try to get me back to the meetings. My main argument with them has been the incorrect dates. 607, 1914. They said I need to stop focusing on dates. The important thing is Jesus' ransom. I responded by saying "If I were to go up on the platform and say maybe 1914 wasn't the date of Jesus' return, would that be acceptable for you?" They were very hesitant to respond to this. Apparently they would have a problem with that. I shouldn't focus on dates, but they sure can! Just so long as those dates agree with the WT.
Another point I brought up was about the millions that would die at Armageddon, having never been given the chance to learn about God. They said "We don't teach that. Jehovah reads hearts." I replied by saying "It's right in the WT." I went to go give them the reference but they didn't want it. Is it really fair that someone should be destroyed because they weren't raised a JW or that the circumstances were never right for them to look into it? How can you possibly eternally punish someone for not taking the JW's seriously? I asked them to put themselves in the shoes of the householder. It's Saturday morning, you get up and make breakfast for your family. You're cooking up some bacon and the JW's knock on your door. By quickly saying "not interested" and shutting the door, you get them off the porch so you can get back to cooking. Is it really fair that he should punished for that? They responded by saying "Jehovah reads hearts." I said "Why preach then? If it's all about heart condition, and not about belonging to Jehovah's Witnesses, why preach?" They replied with the same nonsense they usually do. Blah blah blah.
Then I asked them a really tough question for them to answer, "If I leave Jehovah's Witnesses because I don't believe some of the major teachings, would you say I have a wicked heart?" Their reply was "We don't judge hearts." "Then how do you know that Jehovah still won't find my heart acceptable, if I disagree with some of the things the GB says?" They had no response. At this point they were pretty quick to say "Well we have to get going." Before that though they said "We should probably have a study with you." My response was "My opinion on this is not going to change, so there is no point."
During the discussion they were trying to dig into the reasons for me leaving. It couldn't possibly be the teachings! They asked, "Is it a girl? Is it drugs? Is it alcohol?" No on all three, except the third. In that case however, Jehovah's Witnesses have driven me to alcohol. They also used the opportunity to bash on Christmas. Another fun discussion with these "shepherds".