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Old 01-04-2014, 03:05 PM
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Re: Platform Standards
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Originally Posted by jfrog View Post
I can certainly agree that as long as the church is teaching a standard is for all members and then goes on to make it a platform requirement I'm okay with that.

For example if a church teaches that men should not wear beards and then goes on to make that a platform standard I'm okay with that. Though depending on their reason for disallowing beards I may agree or disagree with that standard of no beards.
I don't agree at all with the "beards" thing. It's a relic of a past notion, if it ever truly was about the hippies. It needs to go
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