I read the Bible cover-to-cover twice while growing up JW. Did anybody else's congregation hand out those "suggested timeline for reading the Bible in a year" sheets? Our congregation encouraged that for a few years.
I sometimes wonder if I'm the only one who actually did it. Reading the Bible cover-to-cover was actually what got me thinking and asking questions about all of the contradictions I was finding. I'd ask my mom about stuff I'd read that seemed completely contradictory or just plain wrong, and I'd get a blank stare in return.
Or I'd ask about stories that I'd never heard mentioned from the platform, and that most JWs had never even heard of. Especially the gruesome ones. Like that fat king who got stabbed with a blade that disappeared into his fat belly, and when his servants found him dead, they were standing around trying to figure out just how exactly he was murdered...because the murder weapon was hidden away in his fat belly and all. Stuff like that When they'd look at me like I was nuts, wondering what the heck this little kid was talking about, and shake their heads slowly, going, "Er...I've never heard of that Bible story...", I figured they must be "cheating" and not really working their way through the entire Bible every night like we were supposed to be doing.
But yeah, anyways, I'm an agnostic atheist now.