: I've always wondered the same thing about beards. How on earth has having a neat beard ever meant rebellion? I've never seen anyone in "the world" think twice about a beard.The whole anti-beard thing came from Rutherford. He did everything possible to distance dubs from the memory of Russell. Russell had a beard, and many Bible students wore beards in the style of Russell as a gesture of their admiration for him. Rutherford hated that,
and therefore he put the kabosh on beards, first in the Bethels and worked his way down through the ranks.The Bible had nothing to do with it. The Bible had nothing to do with anything Rutherford did.Farkel
and therefore he put the kabosh on beards, first in the Bethels and worked his way down through the ranks.The Bible had nothing to do with it. The Bible had nothing to do with anything Rutherford did.Farkel