Man, the bible is funny.

Hey, don't shave your facial hair or cut your sideburns. It's against the bible, AHAHA.

Don't believe me? Freakin read it, Leviticus 19:27.

Yeah, that's right, that's REALLY what it says in the BIBLE.

Obviously, I do not follow what the bible says. My reasoning as to why? The bible is imperfect. And before you go all, "but how can you say that, Bam!? You quote the bible all the time!" I'll say this: The bible is imperfect because human beings wrote it, and not God Himself, and being as humans are imperfect, anything they create is imperfect, including that book that we base our whole religion upon, our whole belief system. Which means, we CAN pick and choose what we want to see from the bible, because like anything that's imperfect, it has good and bad points. So yes, to a certain degree, I follow the bible and its teachings, but I also remember to take everything in it with a grain of salt.

To make things more simple, I believe in GOD, not in BIBLE. The two things are not synonymous, and one of them is Earth-made, not divine in nature, and has not touched my heart and soul and caused me to cry out in joy of the glory of His name. Sure the bible does teach some morals, and it says some amazing things about our Lord, and it has so much inspiration written into its pages, but that doesn't mean it is always right. It's still imperfect, it's still created by humans. Yes, it is inspired by God, it is brought on by His light, but through humans. Through imperfections. And that makes it imperfect.

You can argue that my reasoning is too "logical" because the dealings of God aren't supposed to be logical, they're supposed to be spiritual, but I don't believe God wants my eyes to be closed. I don't believe God wants me to be so narrow-minded that I am damn near blinded. Yes, I do serve God with single-mindedness, but I serve him by making myself better, and expanding my knowledge and that includes not being near sighted. Not being selective in what I learn, and not only listening to one thing, unless that thing be God Himself.

So I'll end this thing with a different bible verse, one that holds actual meaning.

"When wisdom enters into your heart and knowledge itself becomes pleasant to your very soul, thinking ability itself will keep guard over you, discernment itself will safeguard you."
Proverbs 2:10-11

And in this case, I have been safeguarded from bad hygiene. I think it's time for a shave.

- Bam.