Not only Jesus, but also Russell and a buncha them other founders of the Borg.
As we all know, the whole beard issue is totally subjective. People who want to grow beards in this day and age are usually young people. Holding it unacceptable for young men to wear beards is nothing more than the elders, with the support of Borg headquarters, displaying their authority over these younger men - plain and simple.
The beard issue is the straw that broke the camel's back for me. Not that the elders in my particular congregation were sad to see me go. I don't wish to sound egotistic or conceited, but frankly I could think circles around those dunderheads and in argumentation leave them gasping. They were happy to see me go. I represented the ultimate threat to them: a regular publisher who could kick their "dialectics" up their butt. The beard was nothing more than a hairy excuse.
Where it is a duty to worship the Sun you can be sure that a study of the laws of heat is a crime.