It was couple of interesting weeks for us. We were visited by some good friends from Org. and ended up discussing lengths and breadths about all Org misses in the past. Of all the topics we discussed, the only thing that they kept on asking us was - if this is not the best, which is? What did Jesus mean when he comanded to make disciples? How can you worship jehovah and be spiritual without someone directing it? While one of them was making a lot more sense by accepting mistakes that Borg did and that they are improving (with new bible and all), the others were basically telling us that Satan is trying hard to get us away from Jehovah's people (A BIG DUH!). Also that Disfellowshipping was a LOVING experience for many who have been re-instated have accepted that this was the best orgnization and elders were very considerate during the Dfing business. Also People who quit this org either end up being Agnostics or Atheists (Basically no other org / religion can be on par with the high standards set by Jdub Org).
End of the discussion they concluded by telling to take the best teachings, leave the rest (crappy blood transfusions etc) stuff for later to be decided upon as and when we reach that stage in life when we have to choose family or religion.... And surprisingly everyone agreed as they said family comes first. This left me thinking, are we heading towards having a liberal view (due to the ones in the current generation) and moving away from Authoritarian views from the 50s, 60s, 70s? Any thoughts?