Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: rjb@akgua.att.com (Robert J Brown) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Thoughts on guys with long hair? Message-ID: Date: 29 Nov 90 05:24:10 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 24 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu > > [The relevant passage is I Cor 11:14: "Does not nature itself teach > you that for a man to wear long hair is degrading to him?" Like most > of Paul's specific instructions, some Christians consider this binding > for all time and others consider it to be application only in its > original social context -- a debate we're not likely to settle. > --clh] Re Paul's comment. I'm 44 years old and have hung out with nature a lot and NO nature does not teach me that it is degrading. What have I missed ? Does Paul mean in "long hair" in the Greek to mean "fix your hair in an obvious (for your culture) effeminate way" ? I can identify with this and it is in concert with his other comments about male effeminancy. The Law also prohibits transvestitism as such (can't spike the reference, sorry) I will check out W.E. Vines New Testament Words on this if it is in there. Comment oh fearless moderator, plus others...please BB(akgua!rjb)