"I know that I may not be able to convince you on this point (((of Dan 4 having a fulfillment beyond Nebu))), or on the year 607 as the starting year, or whether the succession of Babylonian kings fit the timeline. I do not have the command of history or mathematics like you do. I do know this, though, that there was a beginning to the bad course man has taken in disobedience to God, and that there will be an ending of it at God's hands (Dan. 2:44). In Daniel 2 there is succession of world powers that are represented in Neb's dream by a large image, and that we are living in the days (at the feet of the image) that the destruction of all human governments will take place. My great desire for sharing this with you is because I care too much about you and want you and your family very much to be there in the new system of things to enjoy God's blessings with the rest of us... for "he that does the will of God remains forever". (1 John 2:15-17). "
This is the kind of "reasoning" you can expect when discussing 607/1914 with a Witness. Once someone says this, it's clear that logic and truth don't matter. He's going to believe what he wants to believe--facts be damned.
And isn't this attitude exactly like churchgoers we met in the JW ministry? We could show them dozens of verses about, say, the Trinity--but they would not be convinced. I remember walking away from such conversations feeling sorry for such ones who were "blinded by Satan" and weren't open-minded and receptive to my message. But I didn't realize that I was exactly the same.