Statement by Bro. Steve Pixler

[notofworks]

Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

I was thinking about this the other day. Consider the facial hair on men issue. It's becoming pretty accepted once again for men to wear facial hair. More and more UPC (and independent Pentecostal) churches are allowing this.

Why? Because the world, which for a while considered beards "hippy-ish", has now become once again accepting of beards.... in other words, culture is changing again. Businessmen are once again wearing facial hair. CULTURE changed... and once again Pentecostal men are changing with the culture.

But women can't.

It's rather amazing.

Wow...I once saw Steve Epley, in one of his, "You can go to heaven with a beard but not from my church" speeches, say that his reason for condemning facial hair was because of the social stigma of the 60's hippie movement.

So culture DID matter, but for the women, it doesn't. Seriously, AQP, if you think about this stuff long enough, it really makes you wanna scream and beat your head against the wall. It's just SO WRONG.

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by notofworks

Wow...I once saw Steve Epley, in one of his, "You can go to heaven with a beard but not from my church" speeches, say that his reason for condemning facial hair was because of the social stigma of the 60's hippie movement.

So culture DID matter, but for the women, it doesn't. Seriously, AQP, if you think about this stuff long enough, it really makes you wanna scream and beat your head against the wall. It's just SO WRONG.

Especially, when you think about the women hippies - - long, uncut hair, no make-up and long dresses.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by notofworks

Wow...I once saw Steve Epley, in one of his, "You can go to heaven with a beard but not from my church" speeches, say that his reason for condemning facial hair was because of the social stigma of the 60's hippie movement.

So culture DID matter, but for the women, it doesn't. Seriously, AQP, if you think about this stuff long enough, it really makes you wanna scream and beat your head against the wall. It's just SO WRONG.

From what I have heard the OPs started preaching against facial hair before the 60s and just used the 60s as an excuse....which BTW is nearly half a century in the past...the 60s are over and the Hippie movement is over

[oletime]

Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

I was thinking about this the other day. Consider the facial hair on men issue. It's becoming pretty accepted once again for men to wear facial hair. More and more UPC (and independent Pentecostal) churches are allowing this.

Why? Because the world, which for a while considered beards "hippy-ish", has now become once again accepting of beards.... in other words, culture is changing again. Businessmen are once again wearing facial hair. CULTURE changed... and once again Pentecostal men are changing with the culture.

But women can't.

It's rather amazing.

The reason more are doing it is, the upc now has removed the facial hair restriction from the platforms at GC, so whats good for one is .... and now some are like kids in a candy store ,they trying to look like grizzly adams imo.

[192281]

Originally Posted by Standards

It's like I said. You don't want scriptures, you don't want Biblical arguments. You just want to be right in your own mind.

No I want people to stop interpreting scriptures they way they want and unfortunately preaching it as heaven or hell. Im tired of people making others feel like they aren’t living for God just because they don’t dress the part certain PEOPLE want them to. Its people like you that are and pushing people away from GOD. There are people out there who need to hear about God and less about what YOU require them to wear to be a Christian.

[*AQuietPlace*]

Originally Posted by Standards

It's like I said. You don't want scriptures, you don't want Biblical arguments. You just want to be right in your own mind.

Pot... meet kettle.