Yeah, the ability to cherry-pick what parts of the Bible or religious doctrines you wish to accept as truths (and then to create complicated post-hoc rationalizations to explain the particular choice you've made) is not unique to JWs, and not even unique to Xians (eg those who choose to ignore scriptures that personally make them feel uncomfortable, since they conflict with most modern's basic sense of morality, eg owning other humans, or females treated as mere chattel of the familial patriarch, lex talionis, mandated killing of gays and Sabbath violators, genocides, etc, etc). It's a tendency see in ALL humans, although some are more prone to it by not even KNOWING such a phenomena exists.
Unfortunately, the tendency to cherry-pick (but then excuse it) is a prevalent human tendency to avoid one's personal responsibility and some simply don't care to learn about and/or control the tendency, since, in the case of believers, they apparently don't actually believe in omniscient omnipresent God(s), but instead want to "pass the buck" to others, esp those who point out the evidence which only causes cognitive dissonance. So when they protest, they're actually saying, "Don't point out the facts which induce pain in ME", which is tantamount to an admission of guilt.
And THAT'S what letting one's cherished beliefs outweigh undeniable evidence that's presented leads to: a flagrant disregard for available evidence; this manifests in claiming to believe in deities, climate change denial, etc. All result due to cognitive blinders, and thanks to bias blind spots, we can even talk about it to others yet STILL not recognize that it applies to all of us.
(Jesus referred to this trait of human psychology when speaking of those who see splinters in eyes of others, but can't see the rafter in their own eyes: that's an analogy for bias blind spots. Unfortunately, Jesus didn't offer any wise advice on HOW to overcome the trait, which is why it's still prevalently found today).
Some adamantly act as if others are trying to tell them what to do ('bullies'), so they play the role of the victim (revealing an anti-authoritarian tendency). That's actually the height of irony, since it's claimed by those who've seemingly fallen victims to the ULTIMATE fallacy ever created by men: the 'appeal to DIVINE authority'.
But in 2013, without infallible lie detectors, it's hard to tell who actually believes in God's existence or not, and some seemingly enjoy playing the make-believe game: they apparently think they can win at the game by using the system to gain personal power, or find it personally gives them comfort, or point out how they've updated religion for good, etc, etc. All post-hoc rationalizations which ignore the ONLY question of relevance: does God exist or not?
Of course, the main rule of the believer game is you cannot publicly admit you don't actually believe in God(s_; that's an automatic loss, per the unwritten rules of the game which are followed by those who choose to play it.
Adam