Just curious
2007-03-28 17:16:36 · 5 answers · asked by doublewidemama 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's called a Tonsure, and this is what wikipedia has to say about it:
Tonsure is the practice of some Christian churches, and some Hindu temples of cutting the hair from the scalp of clerics as a symbol of their renunciation of worldly fashion and esteem.
Hope that clears that up for you.
2007-03-28 17:20:31 · answer #1 · answered by Taliesin Pen Beirdd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - Kriss55a is correct. So I can attach a large sucker to their heads and raise them to heaven when I deem them to be ready.
2007-03-29 00:22:18 · answer #2 · answered by GOD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It marks them as a slave for Christ.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14779a.htm
2007-03-29 00:30:49 · answer #3 · answered by tonks_op 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you want to be a buddist?
I don't know.
2007-03-29 00:19:52 · answer #4 · answered by blackmail8549 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that is so god can pull them up to heaven
2007-03-29 00:19:33 · answer #5 · answered by KRIS 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋