Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!agate!shelby!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: ldh@bessel.eedsp.gatech.edu (Lonnie D Harvel) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Thoughts on guys with long hair? Message-ID: Date: 29 Nov 90 06:02:56 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 21 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] I wonder if Paul believed Samson's hair to be degrading? Lonnie ---------------------------------------------------------------- The comments and spelling herein are mine and nobody else lays claim to them. ================================================================ Lonnie D. Harvel | ldh@bessel.eedsp.gatech.edu School of Electrical Engineering | Georgia Institue of Technology | "quisque suis patimur manis" Atlanta, GA 30332-0250 | Virgil