Originally Posted by BobVigneault

"But the embellishment of smoothing (for I am warned by the Word), if it is to attract men, is the act of an effeminate person,—if to attract women, is the act of an adulterer; and both must be driven as far as possible from our society. "But the very hairs of your head are all numbered," says the Lord; those on the chin, too, are numbered, and those on the whole body. There must be therefore no plucking out, contrary to God's appointment, which has counted them in according to His will."

According to Clement any hair removal at all violates providence. Let's face it, he was a 7 point Calvinist.

This is why the other kids wouldn't let him leave his letters in the Bible.