A question from a saint... for anyone that would like to give an answer...

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Thad

I don't believe this. I don't believe it was a King from England that caused preachers to preach againt facial hair. It was the wild hippies that came along and did years of irreparable damage to our culture

It wasn't the king himself. It was the fashion style changes that he represented.

Before the "hippies" it was the beatniks. Before the beatniks it was "all Communists have beards..." It's a bit older than you, Thad. Just go through old pictures of the OP movement and watch the styles change. Then notice the date when the preachers changed their style.

Fashion is of course a complex issue, and why people dress up the way they do is often mysterious. But pick up the popular magazines of the day and flip through the pages (or microfilm at your local library).

[Thad]

Originally Posted by pelathais

It wasn't the king himself. It was the fashion style changes that he represented.

Before the "hippies" it was the beatniks. Before the beatniks it was "all Communists have beards..." It's a bit older than you, Thad. Just go through old pictures of the OP movement and watch the styles change. Then notice the date when the preachers changed their style.

Fashion is of course a complex issue, and why people dress up the way they do is often mysterious. But pick up the popular magazines of the day and flip through the pages (or microfilm at your local library).

No reason to get Irritable pelathais. I am not one of those who ascribe to the doctrine that facial hair is a Sin. I just don't believe that history that goes back centuries ago has anything to do with today's reasoning

[The Mrs]

Originally Posted by Thad

No reason to get Irritable pelathais. I am not one of those who ascribe to the doctrine that facial hair is a Sin. I just don't believe that history that goes back centuries ago has anything to do with today's reasoning

LOL! Thad, if you're referring to the pics that Pelathais posted, they weren't from CENTURIES ago...they were from 70 years ago!!!





(psst... that would be decades.)

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Thad

No reason to get Irritable pelathais. I am not one of those who ascribe to the doctrine that facial hair is a Sin. I just don't believe that history that goes back centuries ago has anything to do with today's reasoning

I don't know how that came across as irritable, Thaddaeus. And 1936 is a bit more recent than "centuries ago." It was a pivotal time when a lot the nascent Apostolic thoughts and practices were forming into concrete practices.

[anapko]

Originally Posted by pelathais

I don't know how that came across as irritable, Thaddaeus. And 1936 is a bit more recent than "centuries ago." It was a pivotal time when a lot the nascent Apostolic thoughts and practices were forming into concrete practices.

So, what are you saying...grow a beard, or not grow a beard?