no-zombie
no one is coming into the Truth because he can keep is beard or his girlfriend can wear slacks to the meeting.
It all seems to point to the org taking a less dogmatic approach than they have historically done. Lets be honest, some of these changes are about 3 decades overdue.
The mentality of the org - until very recently was the same as it was in the 60's - an old fashioned, controlling dictatorship. That had to change because the world has changed so much and the end wasnt here. It is a new century and the org has lost too much time already.
In the early 20th century, the organisation were called Bible Students, then the name was changed. They believed 1914 was the end - then they changed that. Changing beliefs has led to schisms and a drop in numbers in the past and its actually not a big stretch of the imagination that sweeping changes will be implemented again. Im not saying I believe that all these ideas will be happen, in particular smoking tobacco, drugs and getting tattoos - but who knows?
The org is not what it used to be, and it will keep changing. We know the changes they have made during their history. In 50 years from now, JW's will look at 2024 as the old days and smile at how quaint and old-fashioned we were, and how great it is to be living in 2074 with their 'correct' understanding.