Happy Easter Bex, are you enjoying it?

Originally Posted by Bex
Well, we ask why God did this or that. But why should God NOT do these things?

There are reasons for all this, and often becuase we don't know, it's put down to "bad design" or "pointless" "Non functional". Yet the more knowledge people get, the more they realise the reason and the function.

All these things are also a form of protection. Hair also catches dirt/dust. Why do we have eyebrows and eyelashes and body hair? It's a form of protection and insultation. Perhaps there are more functions, I don't know. I haven't made a study of it. Had we pores to sweat and eliminate toxins, but no hair, we would no doubt have more issues because hair also acts as a kind of barrier, catching onto various dust/dirt/particles. Probably far more than we know. Hair is there for a reason, not just "decoration".
Accepting the fact that beards are on men only is for a reason, your ideas seem to fall outside of what Abishag wanted.

Originally Posted by Abishag
These "explanations after the fact" still do not answer the original question of why only male humans have beards.

As you have said, we weren't there. Any "reason" put forth is speculation. The validity of that speculation is determined by evidence supporting it.

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Jesus Himself had a beard apparently.
While this too is speculation, it probably has a reasonable chance of being accurate. Jewish men allowed their beards to grow as a sign of maturity. Jesus would have followed the traditions and requirements of His faith and society to the extent that they would not cause Him to violate His Father's requirements.

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Take me for example. I grew up with an overproduction of body hair. I had to put up with thick/coarse/dark hair covering my arms and legs, even as a child. I was taunted for it quite often. "Ape" etc. Yet the rest of my family had no such problem. Why me? I have no idea. I still suffer this, but thankfully there are plenty of methods to remove it. I know there is an imbalance and that maybe why I suffer other health problems also. One thing can often lead to another.
Have you gotten any insight as to why God made you that way?


A faith that connot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets. -- Arthur C. Clarke