Not that I care, but the argument "I have to wear a beard for medical reasons" always reminded me of the case when Moses was delaying

[xero]

Just now, Pudgy said:

Veeeeerrrry Simple:

1.) Jehovah God made men with beards.

 

..... that's it .... no secondary points needed.

 

 

 

 

 

He also made Adam uncircumcised. Your point again?

[Arauna]

1 hour ago, xero said:

ey should also ban hair-buns on men.

 

Very popular in Sweden and all over Europe now...... but for those who serve Jehovah this is not appropriate.

[TrueTomHarley]

1 hour ago, xero said:

They should also ban hair-buns on men.

Not only buns, but also bunnies.

on account of the joke: What do you get when you pour boiling water into a rabbit hole?

Hot cross bunnies.

[xero]

Just now, Arauna said:

 

Very popular in Sweden and all over Europe now...... but for those who serve Jehovah this is not appropriate.

I don't know why the bun-man look pisses me off, but it does. Especially as a hairy guy who went bald at 21.

It's like bun-man is saying "Man, I have sooo much hair. I don't know WHAT to DO with it. Oh well, I'll just bun it up."

[Arauna]

13 minutes ago, xero said:

Man, I have sooo much hair.

some beards are like that - lol

[Srecko Sostar]

1 hour ago, xero said:

He also made Adam uncircumcised.

Some proof for such statement/claim would be nice to provide, please. 

If you gave only opinion/view, that is ok. Then, you don't need time to search for Bible verse :)) .   

[Arauna]

4 minutes ago, Srecko Sostar said:

Some proof for such statement/claim

The bible indicates that it was offspring of Abraham who first received this instruction to cut the foreskin. So obviously everyone was born with a foreskin. This was an indication to Abraham's offspring of the promise. Moses later wrote it down as part of the Law.   It is obvious that Adam was born with his foreskin.....and that an effort had to be made to  take it off!  LOL.  I never thought I would ever hear this absurd quest for  proof - LOL

[JW Insider]

16 hours ago, xero said:

But the excuse is such a wimpy-girly-man excuse.

I studied with an African-American college student who was later baptized. We studied just before the Thursday meeting and I drove him straight from the study. He had all these skin bumps on his neck from shaving "in-grown" hairs and he would quickly shave just before the meeting. He often had to switch shirts at the last minute because of the mess of blood that came from those freshly shaved bumps. If he tried shaving like that just before getting married he would have been a "bridegroom of blood."

[JW Insider]

24 minutes ago, Arauna said:

The bible indicates that it was offspring of Abraham who first received this instruction to cut the foreskin. So obviously everyone was born with a foreskin.

I just read here that Moses was born circumcised, so it must be true. It's on the Internet:

https://hekint.org/2017/01/27/divine-birth-the-birth-of-moses/

 

Divine birth: The birth of Moses

 Moses was born in the year 2377 after the creation of the world. He was born circumcised, and was able to walk immediately after his birth; but according to another story he was circumcised on the eighth day after his birth. A peculiar and glorious light filled the entire house at his birth, indicating that he was worthy of the gift of prophecy. He spoke with his father and mother on the day of his birth, and prophesied at the age of three. His mother kept his birth secret for three months, when Pharaoh was informed that she had borne a son. The mother put the child into a casket, which she hid among the reeds of the sea before the king’s officers came to her. For seven days his mother went at night to nurse him, his sister Miriam protecting him from the birds by day.

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It had a long tradition in Egypt, and Wikipedia reports this in an article on the subject:

Herodotus, writing in the 5th century BCE, wrote that the Egyptians "practise circumcision for the sake of cleanliness, considering it better to be cleanly than comely."^[22] David Gollaher^[23] considered circumcision in ancient Egypt to be a mark of passage from childhood to adulthood. He mentions that the alteration of the body and ritual of circumcision were supposed to give access to ancient mysteries reserved solely for the initiated. (See also Clement of Alexandria, Stromateis 1.15) The content of those mysteries are unclear but are likely to be myths, prayers, and incantations central to Egyptian religion. The Egyptian Book of the Dead, for example, tells of the sun god Ra cutting himself, the blood creating two minor guardian deities. The Egyptologist Emmanuel vicomte de Rougé interpreted this as an act of circumcision.^[24] Circumcisions were performed by priests in a public ceremony, using a stone blade. It is thought to have been more popular among the upper echelons of the society, although it was not universal and those lower down the social order are known to have had the procedure done.^[25] The Egyptian hieroglyph for "penis" depicts either a circumcised or an erect organ.

 

Depiction of circumcision in Ancient Egypt.

Circumcision was also adopted by some Semitic peoples living in or around Egypt. Herodotus reported that circumcision is only practiced by the Egyptians, Colchians, Ethiopians, Phoenicians, the 'Syrians of Palestine', and "the Syrians who dwell about the rivers Thermodon and Parthenius, as well as their neighbours the Macronians and Macrones". He also reports, however, that "the Phoenicians, when they come to have commerce with the Greeks, cease to follow the Egyptians in this custom, and allow their children to remain uncircumcised."^[22]

[xero]

Just now, JW Insider said:

I studied with an African-American college student who was later baptized. We studied just before the Thursday meeting and I drove him straight from the study. He had all these skin bumps on his neck from shaving "in-grown" hairs and he would quickly shave just before the meeting. He often had to switch shirts at the last minute because of the mess of blood that came from those freshly shaved bumps. If he tried shaving like that just before getting married he would have been a "bridegroom of blood."

I get it w/some blacks, but white guys? It's all moot at this point, but to me the more I see social signaling done w/clothes, or hair or anything other than just trying to be clean and functional bugs me. You see it in hipsters where they all look the same. or the blue-haired tatted obese who drink their latte's at the nihilist cafe.

I sort of appreciate it, because it lets me know who they are.

Reminds me of:

“May those who love us, love us;
And for those who don't love us,
May God turn their hearts;
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles,
So we will know them by their limping.”

 

[Patiently waiting for Truth]

Wow ! GB inspired conversation going on here.  Hate on people with hair or beards.

Discriminate between black and white where hair or beards are concerned. 

Wow. This is really showing the thoughts of pretend Elders and other pretend servants of God. 

Grow up, get a life, and let ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE COME TO GOD THROUGH CHRIST. 

Once those people have found God through Chrsit, then THEIR OWN conscience will give them guidance as to how to wear their hair or beard or no beard. 

One way that the GB / Elders / JWs make a very big mistake is, to give orders to people on how to dress etc.

A true Christian will know that service to God through Christ comes from 'inside' a person's heart and mind, not from obeying orders from domineering 'overlords'. 

[Srecko Sostar]

5 hours ago, Arauna said:

The bible indicates that it was offspring of Abraham who first received this instruction to cut the foreskin. So obviously everyone was born with a foreskin. This was an indication to Abraham's offspring of the promise. Moses later wrote it down as part of the Law.   It is obvious that Adam was born with his foreskin.....and that an effort had to be made to  take it off!  LOL.  I never thought I would ever hear this absurd quest for  proof - LOL

Thanks. I seem to have reversed the meaning of the words (uncircumcised vs circumcised). :))) But it is always good to look for a supplement to some statement, even when the statement seems logical. Creative moments in the formation of something or someone can be challenging for all those who did not attend the act. So, it would not be strange if God created Adam beardless and gave him the opportunity to feel his beard grow day by day. Of course the question arises as to how Adam trimmed and shortened his hair and beard or whether it grew to the floor/ground in the first 40 years. :))