"Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?" (l Corinthians 11:14).
How many freaked out long-haired, bible thumping Jesus fr**ks do you know? Perhaps this is just my experience, but I can name 12 such individuals off the top of my head. Surely, you can recall at least ONE LONG-HAIRED CHRISTIAN. The stereotypical version of CHRIST HIMSELF! Think of the numerous statues and pictures Christians adore depicting the lord appearing as that which he detests. One can not stop and wonder at the absurdity of this.
2007-11-01 18:55:16 · 10 answers · asked by [C]razY_Racoo[N] 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
So for those of you who say Paul wrote that, not Jesus,.....are you saying anything that isn't directly taken out of Jesus mouth is false? Hmm....
2007-11-01 19:10:22 · update #1
Isn't the Bible divinely inspired? If this verse is considered void just because it didn't come from Jesus mouth, then more than half of the book must be voided then!
2007-11-01 19:13:45 · update #2
I know plenty of long-haired Christians, and they're good people. Hair length is not an indicator of one's worth as a Christian. And why are you attributing the words of Paul to Christ?
2007-11-01 19:10:08 · answer #1 · answered by solarius 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
first-off, that passage was written by Paul --an apostle of Christ-- NOT by "Jesus, himself". I only say this to correct your assumption and NOT to nullify the accuracy of the Scripture.
The reason the Scripture does not speak against Christian men having long hair today is because it is currently culturally acceptable to do so. Paul said ONLY that it was a "shame" for a man to have long hair because in the culture of the time he wrote the verse, it WAS.
Paul neither *condemn* such an act, NOR does he say that it will ALWAYS be as such. just as it might have been "disgraceful" only 20 years ago for a man to wear an earring, today it is entirely commonplace... and that's only a difference of a few years, not the 2,000 it has been since Paul made that observation!
2007-11-01 19:04:59 · answer #2 · answered by nashgirl21 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-03 04:01:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus also said: "Love your neighbor as yourself" means giving your neighbor what he needs, helping him when he is hurt or in trouble, giving him what he has earned, and taking nothing from him that he has not given you. It means giving water to the thirsty, protecting children from harm, healing infirmities. Jesus himself said so. He did or said all these things, we are told, and the Christian surely must believe this. Therefore, for God to be "good" entails that God must have the desire to do all these things--and there is no possible doubt whether he lacks the means to do all these things. And anyone with the means and the desire to act, will act. Therefore, that God does none of these things entails either that he lacks the means or the desire. Either way, Christianity is false.
This conclusion follows because there cannot be any limitation on God greater than the limitations upon us. So God must necessarily desire and have the unimpeded means to do everything you and I can do, and therefore the Christian God would at least do everything you and I do. The fact that he doesn't proves he doesn't exist. Therefore, all the excuses invented for God simply don't work. Because it does not matter what plans God may have, he still could not restrain himself from doing good any more than we can, because that is what it means to be good. He would be moved by his goodness to act, to do what's right, just as we are. God would not make excuses, for nothing could ever thwart his doing what is morally right.
2007-11-01 18:59:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus didn't say that. And, what does hair have to do with your spiritual life? That's like saying only tall people can be christians and not the short ones. Paul said this and this was his doctrine. Jesus never said that and never would.
2007-11-01 19:06:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You said it......stereotype. No one knows what Jesus actually looked like. Plus have you ever read the story about Samson in the book of judges? Samson got his strength from his hair, but he failed God. Maybe that's why Paul said that
2007-11-01 19:11:43 · answer #6 · answered by GraycieLee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
funny that the prophetic messiah was supposed to be a nazerite and forbidden to cut his hair or drink wine, like samson.
how did jesus meet this requirement? he squatted at a buddy's pad in nazereth for a couple weeks so that it could be said "he was a nazarene."
sounds like the prophesy coming true was forced instead of events simply unfolding..
EDIT
so, are we to exclude everything that paul said? i thought the book was divinely inspired and that "whatever is bound on earth is also bound in heaven." did not jesus give this gift to the apostle paul?
this is definitely a case of picking and choosing.
2007-11-01 19:05:17 · answer #7 · answered by eelai000 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There's a lot of things in the bible that Christians just avoid. For instance, the existence of unicorns and cockatrices.
2007-11-01 18:58:52 · answer #8 · answered by asourapple100 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well, first, Jesus didnt say that.....Paul did.
2007-11-01 19:02:42 · answer #9 · answered by kf 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2007-11-01 18:58:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋