Corinthians 11:4-16,
2007-08-22 16:43:46 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
but the Bible is the Word of God.. you should follow ? no? u should not to pick in what to follow and what to leave
2007-08-22 16:49:23 · update #1
Christians pick and choose the verses in the bible that they want to take seriously.
2007-08-22 16:46:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 2⤋
Some ladies do - I see them wearing lace head covers during Mass. Some instructions of the Bible were old custom vs required today.. The direct instructions of Christ in the Bible are the most important. The Old Testament contains many important instructions like the 10 commandments but you have to differentiate Old Testament lessons from the stories of the Old Testament.
2007-08-22 23:54:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Christians believe that their God gave them free will.
Intelligent Christian women do not necessarily mindlessly obey everything written in every book of the the bible, nor are they necessarily subject to lifelong cultural indoctrination
Some Christaian women still DO cover their heads to pray, but unlike some other religions, they are free to choose the way in which they worship.
I'm NOT a Christian, BTW - but I AM sick of the constant baiting of one belief system by another on here.
Get over yourselves - respect other's beliefs and spend your time more valuably by trying to make a real difference in the world instead of scrabbling to prove who is right & who is wrong.
/rant
2007-08-22 23:56:11 · answer #3 · answered by Kella G 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You might consider that to be a local custom of the time, perhaps a compromise of some kind. It's not what Jesus taught and Paul said not to follow Paul, but Jesus the perfecter of our faith. The pure word is pure from the one who knows and did what no man has ever done, that I know of. Jesus fulfilled the scriptures and the law. Love fulfills the law. Jews cover their head to this day. We're not under law and works, but guided by "the spirit of truth which will lead you into all truth, even the deep things of God." Paul said, "All things are lawful, not all things are profitable." "If we're under law then we must follow all the things of the law." Respect and love can't be replaced by a ritual or symbol or idol and doesn't prove our heart or make it more real. "Know the truth and the truth shall set you free." "The letter of the law kills, the spirit sets you free."
2007-08-22 23:49:20 · answer #4 · answered by hb12 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It also says that there is neither male nor female
Galatians 3:26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, NEITHER MALE NOR FEMALE, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
The 1Corinthians text involves elements of that culture which we do not fully understand. Women are told to cover their heads when leading prayer or prophesying (teaching God's message) and are also, along with a few other groups of people, told to "shut up" in the assembly. The broad context of the last half of 1Corinthians involves not placing obstacles before those who wish to come into relationship with Christ. This takes the form of:
ORDER in the assembly
miraculous languages are to be spoken ONLY if they are translated so everyone understands
women cover heads and be silent
only 2 or 3 prophets speak -- not too busy or confusing
... If we look at it as not placing obstacles before unbelieving visitors in the assembly, holding to the instructions about women given to that church at that time and place, we are in fact doing the opposite of what was intended.
2007-08-22 23:48:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
they should cover their heads only if there are no males present that are Christians. if there is a Christian male he should pray in behalf of those present but the women need not cover their heads when he is there praying.
2007-08-22 23:50:31 · answer #6 · answered by . 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is not about head coverings. it is about hair.
In greco-Roman culture your head said something about you. if you wore your hair long you were married. if you wore it short it indicated you were a temple prostitute or you had divorced your husband (along these lines of being sexually immoral). Paul is encouraging the Christian women to not give outsiders the wrong idea by their choice of head covering.
the principle we can get from it is that we need to be sensitive to cultural values and not do anything appearing sinful to outsiders....
2007-08-22 23:50:01 · answer #7 · answered by Gruntled Employee 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was a cultural thing back then, just as it's a cultural thing today. And there are Christian women who do cover their heads, even just in public. It depends on what 'branch' of the church you belong to.
2007-08-22 23:48:12 · answer #8 · answered by Aunt Karen 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Alot of Christian women do cover their heads in church.
2007-08-23 00:36:18 · answer #9 · answered by B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That same passage said that long hair was given to women as a covering. Soooooo...apparently the rule is: women shouldn't shave their heads bald. Hair counts as a covering. I'm okay with that. It also states definitely that men shouldn't have long hair. I'm okay with that too. Long-haired men aren't very attractive for the most part.
"14Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, 15but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering."
Of course, Corinthians was a "letter" written to the church at Corinth by Paul. The argument could certainly be made that this was addressed solely to them. That's certainly MY read on it.
2007-08-22 23:49:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Why do men shave their beards and cut the hair over their ears when the Bible says not to?
2007-08-22 23:54:46 · answer #11 · answered by Jess H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋