Professor Fudge spent a number of his formative years in a church pastored by one of the preaching Bustards. The pastor was, and I expect still is, a strong holiness preacher.

With all due respect to Bro. Blume, I would have to hear AJB himself say that hair and pants were not heaven or hell issues before I would be convinced.

Bro. Bustard had many women in at least one of the churches he pastored who had cut hair and who wore pants. I doubt very much he ever made a statement or held a firm conviction that women who cut their hair will go to hell.

If he'd ever made such a statement he would have been in serious trouble. :)

...including close family members/relatives....

It's nice to hear someone (Bro. Epley) giving credence to Tom Fudge's writings when so many UPCers do their best make it out to be a work of fiction.

Now that is what is really very laughable. :)

Indeed!

You should change that to read "all of them"
Those men had no problem in laying it down straight and hard.

Some laid it down straighter and harder than others though.

I can PROMISE you that the only way these things would be proposed by him as heaven or hell is if a rebellious spirit rose up in a person, and refused just ti refuse, rather than sincere disagreement.

Always - but I am having difficulty thinking of Atlantic District elders who stayed in the ark who didn't preach it.

Can't think of any myself. :)