You are right, David_Jay, the Cold War culture in America produced images of smooth, clean American men.
The masculine ideal in advertising images of that era was slick and smooth:
Beardless Jesus. Why?
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RubaDub
From one of my sources in Bethel, future pictures of Jesus will have him with a shaved head, goatee and very muscular.
Rub a Dub
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smiddy
Appreciating the fact that Rutherford was against beards and the later appearnce of rebels/hippies against western society was attributed to many young people wearing beards coupled with revolutionaries of the 60`s-70`s ,the society came down hard on men wearing beards as if that was what they were supporting.
However what they are overlooking or playing down is the fact that the faithful men of old in the" Old Testament" were instructed by GOD to wear a beard and that it should be well trimmed/groomed.
If GOD ALMIGHTY instructed his male subjects/servants to wear a beard who are humans to go against his wishes ?
Their is no scripture in the New Testament to nullify that decree.