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Thanks for the clarification. That is much better.Ok, to better communicate clearly, it will help if I understand just what part I'm not communicating well, and one thing I think would help is to find out if you yourself think you should literally give up eating meat if vegetarian that is weak in faith joins your congregation and invites you to his house, and you invite him at some point -- do you think you should not eat meat around him? I'd guess you'd say yes, you'd go vegetarian around him and also at all places he'd normally hear of also(!) -- like at any other gathering involving members of the church he'd get to know and hear about -- you do this for his sake, because he needs this, being weak. Right? You would give up meat for his sake?
And a different question, which may help me answer more clearly, what is your view of 1 Corinthians 11:6 If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head. ?
You'd want your wife to cover her hair, as needed, depending on the company?
What are your own personal views about when women should wear a scarf or head covering -- always, at times, when?
To your first point, if I were to entertain a vegan I would do the same as the time I entertained by brother in law who is Muslim. I would serve food that would be acceptable for the vegan to eat. If there was a problem where I was not able to eat meat around this person I could comply with his or her desires not to be around meat as such. However, there is also a sense in which the christian grows and matures so this becomes less and less of an issue. At least one would hope.
As to the second, there has been a lot of ink spilled on what the passage means. I for one believe Paul was offering a correction to an issue that was going on in the Corinthian church. In other words I do not believe that Paul was making dogma of his correction. And therefore I am not dogmatic in my interpretation of that passage. I believe there is christian liberty here as there are those who disagree with me. And that is fine. There are women who wear chapel veils in my church and if that makes then feel better then so be it. I do not ask not has anyone ever asked a woman to cover their head or forbid a haircut. I don't think what Paul was speaking of is a thing that is happening in our churches today.
Just my two cents.
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