When launching a new topic (thread) a prompt appears asking the question:
"Is this already being discussed?"
When I entered this topic title, an existing topic title appeared that I hadn't seen before,
but seemed to be in line with what I wanted to discuss. The topic was nearly laughed out of existence.
Lasting less than ten posts. Here's a link, if like me, you hadn't seen it before, and are curious.
How a Christian should look!
I can see why the topic didn't survive. It took a very conservative (by today's standards) view of male and female appearances.
If the topic had limited the OP questions/points to hair length as a biblical prescriptive, it may have fared better. IMHO
The scripture below gives some very direct prescriptives about this.
Yet we understand that this is meaningless in our current culture. Right?
The Apostle certainly doesn't use the modern day reasoning that says that Jesus had long hair.
Where did we get that idea? Hollywood, right?
I find it interesting that we ignore the biblical prescriptive on hair length, but protest a gay pride parade over sexual issues.
Questions:
1) If a couple showed up at church, the male with shoulder-length hair and
the woman with a buzz-cut, how would you feel about them?
2) If someone showed up at church with a gay pride slogan on their shirt,
how would you feel about them?
1 Corinthians 11:3-12. 13-15 NIV
But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man,[
a] and the head of Christ is God.
4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.
5 But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as having her head shaved.
6 For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off;
but if
it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head. ... [7-12]
13 Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
14 Does not the very nature of things teach you that
if a man has long hair,
it is a disgrace to him,
15 but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.
/ cc:
@John839