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- From: sco@aero.org (Stacey C. O'Brien)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
- Subject: Re: Long Haired Man
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 03:02:28 GMT
- Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
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- References: <1992Dec30.172950.25181@odin.corp.sgi.com>
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- In article <1992Dec30.172950.25181@odin.corp.sgi.com> labson@borneo.corp.sgi.com writes:
- >I have a very long hair and some of my relatives & friends condemned it,
- >some don't, and some no comments....I like my hair and I'm not going to
- >cut it for anything.....Is that a bad attitude????Is it wrong to like
- >your hair....
- >
- >Any suggestions ??? comments ??? I played in our church band, and I love
- >to play & use my talent for the Lord but I'm thinking of quitting
- >because I might offend some people when they see me in front with my
- >long hair...(don't want to be a stumbling block to them)......but don't
- >want to cut my hair either....
- >
- >And I am very defensive if someone comment about my hair....(Don't get
- >me wrong, I'm idolizing my hair, I just plain like them)
- >
- >I will cut them if anybody can prove to me it is wrong.....Thanks
- >
- >--
-
- huh? There's NOTHING WRONG WITH LONG HAIR! This is just a bunch of cultural
- balderdash. Tell them you're a Hasidic Jew and have to wear it like that.
- Tell them Jesus and the disciples wore long hair (most religious Jewish men
- did), then if they start to really get holier than thou on you, turn to the
- passages about Samson losing his strength and annointing when he lets his
- hair be cut, and all kinds of terrible things happen from then on. Do you
- want to lose your annointing? exactly. So you don't dare cut it!
-
- I'm kinda being a little silly, but I think anyone who draws some kind
- of "should" or "shouldn't" spiritual conclusion from hair length has got
- a looooong way to go in their walk with God. God doesn't care how long
- your hair is.
-
- The stuff about Samson is good (silly that you would even have to talk
- to people about this - it's really none of their business how you wear
- your hair. People like that are just trying to be controlling and
- manipulative. Next thing you know they'll be telling you what career
- to have and who to marry! sheesh!), but even better, you can talk to
- them about the scripture which says to be a Jew to the Jew and a Greek
- to the Greek. Paul (?) is referring to cultural things, not blatant sin
- so they can't rebut your argument by saying something like, "well, do you
- have to be an alcoholic to reach alcoholics?" because sin is a totally
- different thing. If by wearing long hair you are able to have an impact
- on other guys with long hair - even if the only impact you have is showing
- them that it's ok to be a Christian and there are people who will accept
- them if they become a Christian - then you should keep your hair long
- by all means.
-
- What do these people think John the Baptist looked like, roaming the
- desert in a loincloth, eating locusts and yelling "Repent for the
- kingdom of heaven is at hand!"? He had long hair and locust
- breath and no polyester pants and certainly no tie! Why, his bare
- chest probably showed! (gasp!). I think he would have fit right
- in at a metallica concert and not even drawn a second glance.
-
- I'm so tired of people mixing up American White Culture with
- Christianity. They are NOT one and the same! Christianity crosses
- ALL cultures. What if you're an Amazon Indian wandering the jungle in
- a loincloth - does this mean Christ didn't die for you? What if your
- face breaks out? Do you go to hell? What if being bald isn't great
- in some culture and they say "Brother (people who are about to try
- to manipulate you love to start with "brother...") I must rebuke
- you for this nakedness of the head - it's unbecoming and a bad
- witness".
-
- I REALLY hope you don't get pushed around by these people becasue
- GOD has a plan for your life and it's probably nothing like what
- they assume it "should" be. We're each unique and created with
- certain talents and tastes, and instead of fighting that and trying
- to be what someone else is comfortable with - we should be who we
- really are, reach people we can really reach, express what we can
- really express, and live fully and freely in the light of God's love
- and truth. All this nitpicking is for the birds. It'll all burn just
- as hot in the end - big houses, small houses, mercedes, old clunkers,
- messy houses, clean houses, neat clothes, messy clothes, long hair, short
- hair. The eternal stuff is who we are inside and how are depth of
- relationship is with the Lord. The rest is just chaff.
-
- So I hope you just go ahead and be yourself. Move to California maybe?
- My church has more longhaired guys that short haired almost ;-)
-
- I sometimes go to a heavy metal church where ALL the guys have long
- hair, most have tatoos, and they all wear leather. The pastor's hair
- is almost to his waist. Maybe there, if you cut your hair they
- exhort you "Brother, we're concerned about your walk...your witness...
- we feel the Lord is saying you can't just up and cut your hair like
- this. The Lord wants your hair at least past your shoulders, brother.
- Let us disciple you...." hahaha just kidding.
-
- --Stacey
-
-