Acolyte Thesis on Beards, Pride, and False Idols

[mateolog 1551]

Beards, Pride, and False Idols

Acolyte Thesis written by Acolyte Brodeon ‘Wyrbal’
4th of The deepcold, year 35 of the second Age.

 

 “The first wyrm is Vargengotz, and he goes forth to conquer and to rule. His six heads bear six crowns, which are the great kingdoms of the world, and he lets no evil be spoken of him.”
(Scroll of Auspice  1:5-1:6)

 

 

God blessed the dwarven race with many talents to help his creation. He made them strong and hardy. But in their greed the Elder clans of the dwarves fell to the embrace of Vargegotz. The gifts given to the dwarves by god are hence tainted by the dwarven greed and desire to dominate. Even then mercy is granted to those that back away from such primitivism. If one is able to follow the Holy Scrolls and learn to live virtuously they can be forgiven, but they most likely never will. While we faithful get baptised and use it as a symbolic connection to god, the dwarves and their pagan faith have similar -though wrong- connotations with the beard. The beard is what connects the dwarf to his honor and its care is important in the eyes of their peers and their false gods. This absurd pride in facial hair has caused the dwarven race to kill each other as well as killing others.

 

 

In a way facial hair in dwarves is a sign of the temptation of Vargegotz. The beard of the dwarves was also supposedly given to us by the pagan deity of Yemekar, who they claim created all things and rules over the other gods. I ask our warriors of faith to aim at this symbol of sin and to purge their pagan souls by purging their beards as our scriptures say “You shall not be idle, nor forget your duties in favor of sloth.” (Virtue 4:8), all dwarves in the service of our faith should shave, as this will be a symbol of their loyalty to the true God over the false pagan deities of the dwarves. This way we will be able to save the dwarven race from Vargengotz. 

 

But the beard is not the only thing that clings the dwarven race into sin. As the Epistle to the Dwarves says “The Lord is the Lord GOD without peer, but you have divided his infinite authorities among many beings, and in such you profane what is holy”, the dwarves have disfigured the image of God into multiple parts. Their religious leaders play with the image of God for their own twisted ends. The destruction of their idols is important if we wish to guide their souls back towards God, from which all creation originates. As the Epistle to the dwarves continues to say “So to you Sons of Urguan, who have fallen to other faiths, I admonish: GOD is able to do all things. For His power is not parted among His many servants, but imitated, and in His multitude of ways, He is above them all.” Through teaching good behaviour and punishing sinful and heretical action we will be able to bring the faith back to all the razes of this world.

[JoanOfArc 4586]

Cardinal Gawain commented in his response to Brodeon, "I personally do not believe that you should shave your beard. From what was evil can be turned good. A beard to show the mercy that the Lord covers us in. But if you feel personally inclined to shave, perhaps that may be the choice for you." The Cardinal, when he finished writing his small response, gave a smile. There were times when he felt more connected to non-humans than humans. The God of Man no longer, the God of All in the coming days.

[adamc2000 1163]

5 hours ago, mateolog said:

I ask our warriors of faith to aim at this symbol of sin and to purge their pagan souls by purging their beards as our scriptures say “You shall not be idle, nor forget your duties in favor of sloth.” (Virtue 4:8),

“What in Allah name does this verse have anything to do with beards….. how is having a beard a sin…. Ya rabb these cannonist are starting to get weird again….” Rashid would say after reading the thesis 

[Sweet Nerevarine 133]

On 8/4/2021 at 12:43 AM, adamc2000 said:

“What in Allah name does this verse have anything to do with beards….. how is having a beard a sin…. Ya rabb these cannonist are starting to get weird again….” Rashid would say after reading the thesis 

 

The old man Otrok, inspirited to correction, rambled his case for the writing to the dismissive Rashid.

 

"The scholar argues not that having a beard is a sin in & of itself, - no no. - But that for the dwarf, whose wearing of a beard is a tradition tied to their pagans ways - to the supposed commands of the false idol Yemekar, - that the beard is a remnant of their past idolatry and should be cast off. He uses the verse to call his people to action against this." 

 

"So, brother, do not bedevil yourself! You are not a Dwarf? Your beard is fine where it is."