Dave Bernard addresses beards

Being UC, this may surprise some of you, but I am not against facial hair. God made it on men.
Now, I am against it on women. They need to shave it all off!!!

Seriously, I have looked into this and there is a lot of scripture that can weigh either way. I feel that it is a matter of preference.
Many do believe that if a man is wearing facial hair then he is hiding something. For some, it is just plain hiding the ugly underneath.

I used to have a fairly full beard and mustache. I shaved it because I felt like it was the right thing to do. I will continue to do so. But, I do not condemn others who wear it.

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Originally Posted by NobodyImportant

Being UC, this may surprise some of you, but I am not against facial hair. God made it on men.
Now, I am against it on women. They need to shave it all off!!!

Seriously, I have looked into this and there is a lot of scripture that can weigh either way. I feel that it is a matter of preference.
Many do believe that if a man is wearing facial hair then he is hiding something. For some, it is just plain hiding the ugly underneath.

I used to have a fairly full beard and mustache. I shaved it because I felt like it was the right thing to do. I will continue to do so. But, I do not condemn others who wear it.

Now, that is sensible.

The bottom line is that you can tell some folks that worship of a volkswagen will save them, and somebody will do it. The silly notion of beards being wrong is one of those nutty things that stuck for some reason. And there will always be people who defend that ruling since they are sheep.

Disagree with a beard, but do not say it is God-willed to not wear one.

Originally Posted by mfblume

Now, that is sensible.

The bottom line is that you can tell some folks that worship of a volkswagen will save them, and somebody will do it. The silly notion of beards being wrong is one of those nutty things that stuck for some reason. And there will always be people who defend that ruling since they are sheep.

Disagree with a beard, but do not say it is God-willed to not wear one.

Well, I believe this decision was born out of the hippie movement. Growing a beard was a sign of protest against the current trend of society. Those in the church of that day IMO did not want to be associated with that kind of thing. I believe that they made the right decision for the day.
In current events, I am not so sure about this. I don't see it as a protest so much as a fashion.
I do believe that when it becomes a matter of pride (it did with me), then it is not something that an individual should wear. But, I know that not everyone wears it for pride's sake.