To Beard or Not to Beard, That is The Question

[Ehud]

I don't have the time to respond to everything you have presented, but these stood out to me.

Originally Posted by votivesoul

Ah, you don't want someone to accidentally or intentionally uncover a woman's nakedness (Leviticus 18:7-16). How Biblical of you! Well done!

If you think that passage is about walking in on a breastfeeding woman, I think it is safe to say that you and I are never going to be on the same page about much of anything. But thank you for the 'atta boy'.

Originally Posted by votivesoul

And? If we care to stay in the Holy Scriptures, we find that all of the above is unnecessary, because it's not within the limits of the Bible. The only people ever directed by God to teach children are the parents of the children (Deuteronomy 6:1-9 and Ephesians 6:1-4). Because you have an extra-Biblical ministry, you now have to draw up extra-Biblical rules to govern it.

Pages and pages of by-laws exist for this stuff. But no Bible.

Do you actually have a problem with a church that picks up children in the community, feeds them a meal, and presents to them with a Bible story?

Originally Posted by votivesoul

Face to face, one on one, is different than a public forum for the expressing of ideas. Face to face, a different tack may and usually can be taken. But none of us is face to face, so far as I know. This is a completely different form of communication. Here, all we have are typed words, some emojis, and an occasional youtube video or gif. On a message board, if we don't employ the use of rhetoric, we're not going to get much across to anyone.

For everyone turned off, there are others who are turned on.

I am sure I am in the minority, but I am not going to be some keyboard cowboy that says things online that he wouldn't say to someone face-to-face. If you feel the rhetoric you are employing is the only way to get your point across, then by all means continue to use it.

Have a wonderful weekend, sir.