Ouch! I had forgotten that.And this from a church that probably has pictures of a long haired, blue eyed looking European and labelling it Jesus - so funny.
"Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him?"
1 Corinthians 11:14
If there was ever a verse in the Bible that caused me much grief and pain with my parents and church as a young man, it is this one.
I'm pretty sure it is taken out of context here and there must be some cultural aspect that is being overlooked. We would do well to properly exegete this passage in order to spare any more unnecessary turmoil and conflict between male Christian youth and those legalistic adults who would deem 'hippies' in the church as rebellious, effeminate, sinning against God and bringing shame to the cause of Christ. Maybe times have changed a great deal since the 80's, I don't know. I think appearance is always going to be an issue for the conservative folk in the church though.
Needless to say, having this passage used as a tool of condemnation against me as a young man was not fun in the least. And it was used against me plenty, believe me.
LOL.
Okay, I should probably let you and Mankin know that I didn't have my hair cut into a mullet for the baptism pic! I was just poking fun at the photo for the way it looked.
The top and sides of my hair are actually combed back into a ponytail in the fine tradition of vintage Gene Simmons. You just can't see it very well because of the angle.
Apparently, we abandon reason when we want to be unreasonable. Now I know.
And you know this because of His pictures?if long hair on men is shameful then jesus was very shameful
And this from a church that probably has pictures of a long haired, blue eyed looking European and labelling it Jesus - so funny.
Paul was inspired to write this under the cultural factors he lived under, the same for the text of womens hair being her covering, women not speaking in church,women being the weaker vessal (yeah right you men try giving birth or having periods) etc
NE way
This reminds me of back in the day a person with locks was expected to cut them off, one presumed he/she was a Rasta now we recognise that having a locks is not the monopoly of Rastafarians and predates that religion. To many its just a hairstyle and many christians including me have locks now. However I understand in the West Indies thay still equate locks with Rastas and can't get over it seeing it on an Adventist head -(smile)
Night,
When I looked at this pic it reminded me of one of my favorite singer/songwriter/comedian/satirists, Weird Al.
http://www1.foru.ms/attachment.php?a...9&d=1182985099
It was a good idea at the time.Man, I should have never posted that pic...
I hope you just meant the hair and not the face, because that guy is butt-ugly!
LONG LIVE MULLETS!
Once again, it wasn't a mullet!
Man, I should have never posted that pic...
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