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Originally Posted by Antipas
I think the internet has some part in this. People can now look things up more easily.
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Indeed. Also, there has been a general undermining of authority in our culture.
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For example, many can discover that the first church of Scripture never really condemned beards, and that many many saints feel the standard is outdated and a bit stuffy, or worse if preached as a heaven or hell issue.
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I remember when I got in church and started learning about the holiness standards. The anti-beard stance struck me as odd since, well, Jesus had one, but I was deeply puzzled when someone tried to explain starting with, "Well, the hippies . . . " I was 18 and had no memory of the hippies, and asked, "But wasn't that like 20 or 25 years ago??" Seemed like ancient history then. :-)
Many of the standards when I first heard them taught seemed to not have the strongest scriptural foundation. But I was so happy with my experience and respected the people I was going to church with because they were so committed, especially compared to the other Christians I knew, I figured there had to be something to the standards and so conformed.
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