So what are you trying to argue again?
The spirit of the vow Is not the external ritual of growing your hair. There are no verses in the NT, that speak that God desires for us to grow our hair, but there is a verse about long hair on a man being shameful. If Paul felt the need for an exception, I'm sure he would have placed it in the verse, instead of leading millions of christians to do away with this particular ritual from the vow of the OT.
Paul is very clear in what he intended to say in that verse, and you will be hard pressed to find a translation anywhere that argues the point you're trying to make. What other's who interpret that passage say, is that Paul is speaking to a particular society at a particular time.
If you say that one verse is for a particular society at a particular time (particularly when Paul says nature, which is unchanging, and not society), then what's to stop someone from saying another verse is for a particular society at particular time.
Paul is very clear in what he said, so I suggest you cut your hair, or be in danger of judgement, and I'm sure God will still honor your vow, if you do so, please brother don't take the chance.
It's not hard to see the Bible is a historical work, any rational individual can see this. It's the believers who are so unwilling to view their holy book objectively, who twist passages, and then say that certain verses don't mean what they say, and others do, that have made the words of Christ so polluted, that his message makes no sense. The sad thing is, individuals who share your point of view, will become irrelevant in the near future, when future generations start to think that there probably was no talking serpent, there probably was no Noah's ark, or a man who killed an Army with a Donkey's jaw bone, and they will start to lose belief, by the hands of those who do not understand.
There is only one portion of the bible where nothing can be taken away from, and those are the words of Christ. But of course Christ will be accused of plagiarism because the similarities in his teachings (as well as life: virgin birth, wise men, even the walk on water) with those of the Buddha who predated him 500 years, and whose teachings are documented to have spread in the West, prior to Christ. But those who become discouraged, but remain faithful, will start to see the Gospels in a new light. The portions of the Gospels (such as the sermon of the mount) which many say are not to be followed literally, and do not mean what they say, will be proven to mean what they say, and are asked of us to follow (nearly every portion of the sermon of the mount is in the teachings of the Buddha, and there is no question that he desired his followers to follow them), when you start to reconcile the two teaching, noting what Christ adds, you will start to see everything differently, and even the meaning of the second coming changes. And when we have started to loose the last strings of faith, we will be awakened by a new, brighter and more glorious truth. We will see why the fig tree that Buddha sat under for seven days before he found enlightenment, relates to the passage of the fig tree, which christ withers away for it bears no fruit.
Every other portion of the bible will become irrelevant, except the words of Christ.
Individuals who cling to the word of God, as literal text, will have nothing to say to the later generations who are filled with doubt. Because these generations will look at reason, and understand what you say is not true.
If you only knew what will give you peace, but now it is hidden from your eyes.
