2023 Governing Body Update #8 / BEARDS!!!

[Desert Dan]

11 minutes ago, truce said:

Maybe soon we might be given the option of letting go of another burden: the thing around your neck....  especially when doing service in hot weather. 

 

Ties are also brutal in the desert in the summer.  In fact, sometimes here the brothers/sisters will take a few houses while the others wait in the car with the air conditioning on.  Or short service days in summer, like 45 minutes to an hour.  Sometimes the heat (and low humidity) can be so bad that the sweat evaporates off your skin and you don't even realize.  It may sound great compared to humid environments, but it can be dangerous as well if not alert.   I remember one day seeing the humidity reported as 6%.  It is typically fairly low, but not usually that low.

Edited January 18 by Desert Dan

[truce]

9 minutes ago, 80snewwave said:

Bearded Brother Luccioni

Photo sent to me

I remember posting that I foresee LUCCIONI as one among a few of the likely helpers to sport a beard. 

[truce]

6 minutes ago, truce said:

I remember posting that I foresee LUCCIONI as one among a few of the likely helpers to sport a beard. 

Among others like Bro. HERD, NOUMAIR, WALLS, SCHAFER and MAVOR. 

[Percy]

18 minutes ago, truce said:

Did Adam wear shoes? (Topic for another thread)... hehehehe....

Ha. Did Adam wear clothes!?

This actually came up in another topic of conditions before the Flood as it is felt the climate was more uniform, without the extremes of cold and hot.

[DancesWithWife]

11 minutes ago, Percy said:

Did Adam wear clothes!?

Genesis 3:21 "And Jehovah God made long garments from skins for Adam and for his wife, to clothe them". The first clothes were modest.

[truce]

2 minutes ago, DancesWithWife said:

Genesis 3:21 "And Jehovah God made long garments from skins for Adam and for his wife, to clothe them". The first clothes were modest.

They were long garments, not skirts, pants or suits. 😄

[Percy]

1 minute ago, DancesWithWife said:

Genesis 3:21 "And Jehovah God made long garments from skins for Adam and for his wife, to clothe them". The first clothes were modest.

Ahhh! But how long after? They weren't meant for warmth but for shame.

[DancesWithWife]

9 minutes ago, Percy said:

They weren't meant for warmth but for shame.

Who knows? They were getting evicted from a climate controlled Garden of Eden. And if the garden is somewhere in the Middle east, they do experience seasons. They would also need protection  from the vegetation they would soon be having to harvest for themselves. Genesis 3:18,19 "It will grow thorns and thistles for you, and you must eat the vegetation of the field. 19 In the sweat of your face you will eat bread* until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken.+ For dust you are and to dust you will return.”

 

Having picked blackberries here in Oregon I am glad to have long pants and long sleeved shirts as those prickles can really jab you!

Edited January 18 by DancesWithWife
Added thought

[Tortuga]

11 minutes ago, DancesWithWife said:

Genesis 3:21 "And Jehovah God made long garments from skins for Adam and for his wife, to clothe them". The first clothes were modest.

That was appropriate business attire at the time, and casual attire, work attire, dinner attire....

[Brandon]

46 minutes ago, 80snewwave said:

Bearded Brother Luccioni

Photo sent to me

Is this confirmed?

[Pabo]

50 minutes ago, 80snewwave said:

Bearded Brother Luccioni

Photo sent to me

 

He looks so much softer in the face with a beard, and it really suits him.

Edited January 18 by Pabo

[Piano Man]

Me ready for the meeting 

[DancesWithWife]

What was interesting was on the brothers talk on History of JW tours  talk about beards a few weeks ago was the influence of religion, specifically the Catholic Church. No Pope has had worn a beard since 1700. The last bearded pope was Innocent XII (reigned 1691-1700). The 23 popes before him, from Clement VII (1523) onwards had beards. 

[LeolaRootStew]

1 hour ago, truce said:

Did Adam wear shoes? (Topic for another thread)... hehehehe....

 

I love your second paragraph. Barely a month or so ago, it seemed that the concern of the BOE or even of the GB was more about the policy than about the brother. Glad things have changed. No further burdens added except the necessary things. Maybe soon we might be given the option of letting go of another burden: the thing around your neck....  especially when doing service in hot weather. 

 

you can ditch ties when women can wear pants. deal?

 

[truce]

14 minutes ago, LeolaRootStew said:

 

you can ditch ties when women can wear pants. deal?

 

DEAL!

[DancesWithWife]

10 minutes ago, truce said:

DEAL!

I enjoy wearing a tie. I usually have a matching pocket square along with a tie bar. 

[Hope]

2 hours ago, 80snewwave said:

Bearded Brother Luccioni

Photo sent to me

 

YES!  I *KNEW* Bobby Looch would grow a beard!!! ❤️😉 

 

I am really looking forward to our future Broadcasts and Morning Worships.. who else will be suitably hirsute? 

[truce]

27 minutes ago, Hope said:

 

YES!  I *KNEW* Bobby Looch would grow a beard!!! ❤️😉 

 

I am really looking forward to our future Broadcasts and Morning Worships.. who else will be suitably hirsute? 

Yeah future Morning Worship Programs and Broadcasts will feature new appearances. Amen, let it come, let it come!

[Rodejong]

Too me this looks photoshopped. But I must be alone in this?

No one questions this? 

And 41 pages about growing a beard 😳😳

 

What an obcession!😆

[➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone]

...And 41 pages about growing a beard

What an obcession!

It grows on you...

Old (Downunder) Tone

[coolbrz731]

20 minutes ago, Rodejong said:

Too me this looks photoshopped. But I must be alone in this?

No one questions this? 

Not even the most rebellious JW I know would dare do something like that and claim it's legitimate.

[Desert Dan]

And we shouldn't be self-conscience of our salt/pepper beards, right?  Or just salt...   There is a scripture somewhere.  I will say that I look a ton different, sometimes I look in the mirror and ask "Who is that guy?"

Edited January 19 by Desert Dan

[Rodejong]

4 minutes ago, coolbrz731 said:

Not even the most rebellious JW I know would dare do something like that and claim it's legitimate.

Apostates would. You don't know where it originates from. False news is easilly spread. What is it we learn from our literature? Don't believe everything we see on the net or what is send to us, how well meant that was.

 

I'll wait for the video on jw.org or if it comes in a publication, etc.

[Rodejong]

4 minutes ago, Desert Dan said:

And we shouldn't be ashamed of our salt/pepper beards, correct?  Or just salt...   There is a scripture somewhere.  I will say that I look a ton different, sometimes I look in the mirror and ask "Who is that guy?"

I have nothing against beards. I myself have one for over 10 years. It's not about the beard, but the fact someone recieved an image of "Lucioni" from another brother. not telling where he got it from.

 

If I share ut...

I got it from an Forum for witnesses, where a brother received it from a brother...

 

Recognize that phrase from all the warnings that are given.

 

Verify, verrify.

 

It's better to be safe than sorry.

 

 

[coolbrz731]

8 minutes ago, Rodejong said:

Apostates would. You don't know where it originates from. False news is easilly spread. What is it we learn from our literature? Don't believe everything we see on the net or what is send to us, how well meant that was.

 

I'll wait for the video on jw.org or if it comes in a publication, etc.

The brother said the picture was sent directly to him.   I believe it when members here directly claim something was sent to them.