by deceit 14 Replies latest jw friends
in the bible times, men 'COULD'/'DID' shave their faces?
The question comes from a conversation with my father (elder). He says the reason why all men had beards was that they could not shave them because there wasnt anything sharp enough.
I am sure their swords were sharp enough alone to do it.
(he is very against people growing beards, I guess it pisses him off that I've got a goedee now hehe)
Actually, the Romans were smooth shaven...and so was Jesus in the publications until about about 1968 when this QFR came out:
*** w68 5/1 286 Questions from Readers ***
When Jesus Christ was a man on earth, did he wear a beard?—K.A., U.S.A…
Nevertheless, as already shown, it is apparent that Jesus did wear a beard, and so artistic representations of him in future Watch Tower publications will harmonize with the Scriptural evidence to that effect…
Doubtless the early Christians followed the custom of the time and locality in which they lived, with regard to the wearing of a beard. The Roman custom was beardlessness. Romans converted to Christianity would very likely continue in the Roman custom, while converts from the Jewish community would continue in the Jewish custom of wearing a beard.
History of Shaving Timeline
http://www.quikshave.com/timeline.htm
How People Shaved
http://www.quikshave.com/timeline.htm
The babylonians had friggin' electricity. people seriously understimate human ingenuity. They built the pyramids without huge contruction cranes, the city of rome and many other amazing things. The egyptians even understood aerodynamics and a common childrens toy found in tombs is a well-made glider that flys extremley well, shaped similairly to our modern planes.
The funny thing is egyptians usually only made models of things they see in day-to-day life, like a model of a gazell or of a chariot. Did the egyptians have full-size gliders?
If the babylonians could build functioning electrical betteries who knows.
-Dan
Thanx blondie, your a legend!! ;)
say DECEIT, sounds like your dad has gone APOSTATE on the doctrine of facial hair!
He needs to read God's word THE WATCHTOWER daily, and abide by it.
Repent, repent! There's an elder in my soup! :)
Not only was Jesus beardless in the earlier pubs but he
was a BLONDE !!!!!!!!! ROTFLMAO.
A real WASP for sure!!!! hahahahahahahahaha
battman
Forgive me, but your father is not a deep thinker.
If glassmaking was done, a piece of glass makes an excellent shaver. I heard that it was used in the old West, but I don't remember my source.
A knife could shave a person, and some people shave with knives from time to time.
Obviously, if you have the technology to make a sword, you can make a shaving instrument.
For the sake of argument, assume your father was correct.
I am sure that if God is bright enough to figure out how to make a Universe, He could tell people how to make a shaving instrument. The fact that He didn't means that beards were no problem for Jehovah.
Jesus supposedly had a beard. Jesus could do miracles. If beards were wrong, why didn't Jesus just miraculously shave himself? Such an ability would be noticed, giving further evidence that Jesus was lead by God.
Richard
I never could figure out what's so evil about facial hair!
It's regecting something very manly and natural.It so stupid!
Ranchette
Some native Americans shaved with sharpened clam shells; they would shave elaborate designs on their heads, shave in ways designed to make them appear more fierce, for personal expression or to display some tribal solidarity. Some tribes made rituals of plucking hair to alter appearance, too.
The comment about not having shaving instruments is just plain ignorance. Humans are toolmakers, and the urge to alter our appearance is as old as the race. Combine the two and it's inevitable that someone would figure out a way to control that pesky hair and make doing so part of some ritual.
I have heard that in ancient Egypt it was common to shave off all body hair as a hygiene measure. I seriously doubt this practice would have gained much favor as an everyday measure unless it was pretty easy to do.
What I want to know is why I used to get an evil look for not shaving my legs?heehee
