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>>828992

>is it a sin to have long hair as a man?

The long hair thing was about not looking like a tranny or a faggot. As long as you're not trying to pretend you're a woman, you're fine. Just make sure you actually take care of it so that you don't look disheveled. It is good to care for your body.

Oh and put oil on your hair regularly to keep it healthy if you're trying to grow it out. Very important.

1 Corinthians 11:14

<Does not nature herself teach us that, while for a man to wear his hair long is degrading to him,

And the next thing it says is:

1 Corinthians 11:15

<a woman's long hair is her glory? Her hair has been given her to serve as a covering.

So Paul, writing under the inspiration of the holy spirit, condemns long hair on males, and his argument is appealing to nature. It seems that the reason men shouldn't have long hair is because it is womanly.

Let's not cop out and say that it depends on culture, because the appeal to nature is irrespective of culture.

Men should not have long hair that is associated with women. I would roughly guess that shoulder length is that limit.

In addition to this we have a cultural view in the west that sees shoulder length hair as less masculine, so I would say men ought to be even shorter than this just for appearances. I wouldn't call it sin though.

Inb4 Samson. He had a specific exception under the nazirite vow. If anyone today wants to electively take a nazirite vow I would say they also have exception.

Not at all. See Leviticus 19:27 and Numbers 6.

>>829009

then we have the problem of how long is to long or how short is 'short'. a study bible of mine says that its a appeal to what greek society would consider 'natural' but i don't find that completely satisfactory myself.

>>829111