I remember studying 1914 in depth with the WT publications, and the numbers didn't add up.
I'm not bad at maths in reality, but this knocked my confidance as i thought i might not be as clever as i thought i was.
It always used to confuse me how some people could just real it all off, but i could get my head around it.
Now i know it's because it doesn't make sense, and the numbers do not check out. You can't make 2+2=5.
I believed 144,000 being a literal number. I believed in Armageddon, but didn't think i would survive. And i worked out that if i didn't survive, then probably only 90% wouldn't survive either.
I think i believed pretty much every thing i was told by the WT 100%
I'm just glad i have an inquisitive mind, and had the guts to check out the internet.