One of the signs for me that I was leaving the Watchtower corporation was I started growing a beard, as I no longer was concerned about approval of anybody inside the corporation. About a year or 2 latter I was gone.
I always thought the WT reasoning was bogus on the subject of men wearing beards. Their reasoning is very one sided mainly because they cherry pick scripture only to prove a point they already have and are not open to any opposing scripture or idea. These guys are hard core nitwits when it comes to reasoning ability especially when it comes to scripture, least some one bust their bubble of delusion which makes them in every sense, captives to a concept.
It should be no wonder that these guys are so fucking stupid that they could very well financially destroy the Watchtower with their utter delusional bull shit.
Nightmare stage of wishful thinking has got them in its head lights.