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Originally Posted by Esaias
Believe me, I'm not defending the anti-beard position. If I was feeling preachy I could blast this thread with a three part book, chapter, and verse Bible study showing its more likely a sin to be clean shaven than fully bearded.
I just get irritated when people ignore what is actually being said, and go off knocking down straw men, that's all. I think too many here get all end of the worldish about things, instead of simply discussing doctrine.
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Here is the issue. The vast majority of Apostolic Churches preach against beards. They may say "we dont say its a sin". So then why preach against it? Are we not then like the Trins or some other group that makes up doctrine as they go along?
I have been in an Apostolic Church where a man with a beard was ridiculed until he got up and ran out of the building and then the Preacher made a remark like, "We've stirred up the devil tonight"!
If you have not seen those kind of antics maybe you cant relate to what this all means.
To MANY APOSTOLICS....this IS doctrine.