Beards, can someone explain?

by Satans little helper 43 Replies latest jw friends

  • Satans little helper
    Satans little helper

    so no bible based reason for the prohibition then, I just wondered if they had come up with some new light to explain it

  • gumby
    gumby

    I'm sure the society feels if the apostles or Jesus himself were alive in the Organisation today......they too would not wear a beard.

    Gumby

  • blondie
    blondie

    My goodness, the WTS didn't picture Jesus with a beard until 1969.

    Blondie

  • Nosferatu
    Nosferatu
    My goodness, the WTS didn't picture Jesus with a beard until 1969.

    ....and yet the Society doesn't believe in evolution. Hmmmph.

  • D8TA
    D8TA
    If Jesus jumped off a cliff, would you also do it?

    No, but I´ve always wanted to try that whole ¨getting nailed to a cross¨ thing.

  • morty
    morty

    They did'nt say anything about my Aunts beard at the meetings!!Bouncy 5

  • Blueblades
    Blueblades

    Its part of the "Collective Whole".To ripen a person for 'self - sacrifice' he must be stripped of his individual identity and distinctness.He must cease to be George,Hans,Ivan etc.The most drastic way to achieve this end is by the complete assimilation of the individual into a "Collective Body".No beards is just one of many rules made by the society that takes away ones individual identity and distinctness.

    Blueblades

  • Satans little helper
    Satans little helper

    so what's the dub explaination, anyone? I can remember something really wet at the time along the lines of (remember I lived in Plymouth, a naval town) people possibly mistaking dubs for naval people if they had beards

  • jgnat
    jgnat

    I have seen recent materials about it, but they are not at my fingertips. It is usually mentioned as an aside about "representing Jehovah" appropriately. You know,

    Cleanliness is next to godliness, Ruther. 666:12 (NWT)
  • Nosferatu
    Nosferatu
    Cleanliness is next to godliness,

    I thought that only applied to wearing clean underwear. I guess it only applies to men who have beards and long hair. Women can grow all the facial hair they want.

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