It all stems from Rutherford's jealousy of Russell. Members used to grow beards like Russell's after he died and in order to emulate him. Rutherford hated not getting all the attention, so he banned beards, starting with the Bethels. After that, pictures of Jesus being clean shaven started appearing in the society's literature. And dubs like to say that, if nothing else, Rutherford removed "creature worship" from the organization. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! If God didn't want humans to have beards, he wouldn't have given them to all the women I've dated. It's all man-made bullshit and the Bible has nothing to do it. Farkel
Edited by - Farkel on 24 July 2002 0:23:31