More On Beards

[Captain]

It’s been my experience that those who disagree with beards always give some example like hippies wore beards, or some gay guys wear beards or they’ll point out some weirdo at the workplace that happens to have a beard. This misses the point however, and misses it badly.

Every author of the Bible plus Jesus himself had a beard. Leviticus prescribed that men wear beards. When David’s diplomats had their beards shorn by the Ammonites they were humiliated to the point that David told them to remain in Jericho until their beards were grown back. The apostles did not shave their beards in their conversion from Judaism to the Christianity. And so on.

So there’s Bible for beards, but nothing against beards. The argument then against beards always relies on very narrow, anecdotal and usually outdated examples while completely ignoring actual scripture. But why this is important goes beyond some meaningless argument on the internet – it goes to how we are – or how we are not – reaching people in the world.

I hate long forum posts so I’ll keep this as short as possible, but straining at gnats while swallowing camels makes for a weak spiritual environment.