A Christian must have a full beard

[Samael_Khan]

I believe Christians cannot look the way they want,
but the way God wants them to.
I will mention Bible verses to prove this.

How a male Christian must look like:
a full beard,
no bald head,
do not shorten the sides of the hair on the head or beard,
no long hair,
no tattoos,
only decent clothes,
men's clothing only.

How a female Christian must look like:
no beard,
no bald head,
long hair,
no tattoos,
only decent clothes,
women's clothing only,
she must cover herself, that means,
no tight clothing,
and no nudity.

Sources: Leviticus 19:27, 21:25; 1Corinthians 11:14-15,

Of course, there can be natural exceptions,
for example, someone cannot have a beard or hair on their head.
Such a person is excused.

I think the natural exceptions exposes how nonsensical this criteria is. Some of this stuff, such as what constitutes womens clothing, is subjectively dependent on culture. I mean in Rome Jesus wore clothing akin to wearing a womens dress. Now that is arbitrarily considered in western culture as not manly.

 

[Tony B]

If it *is* so obvious. Please prove it to me. Thanks a bunch.

I gave you the link to Voddie Baucham who explains it all. It is not possible that multiple men on 3 different continents from different generations using 3 different languages conspired to provide thousands of virtually exact copies saying the same things. This is before we even get into the Biblical prophesies which have all come to pass (except those who's time has not yet come i.e Revelations). Maybe you can explain the description of Christs crucifixion in Psalm 22, written 900 years before the crucifixion, and hundreds of years before crucifixion existed as a punishment? You see you need to actually study and understand the Bible rather than repeating something you heard someone else say, or an argument with zero deductive reasoning applied.

 

[Tony B]

I think the natural exceptions exposes how nonsensical this criteria is. Some of this stuff, such as what constitutes womens clothing, is subjectively dependent on culture. I mean in Rome Jesus wore clothing akin to wearing a womens dress. Now that is arbitrarily considered in western culture as not manly.

Jesus never went to Rome, I think you mean Jerusalem.

 

[Tony B]

False. Once again, the verse specifically refers to the nature of things. You can not brush this off as a cultural reference and expect anyone to accept that just because you say so. The bible directly contradicts your interpretation.



Do the words Dum Diversas ring any bells? If not, you should google it to see the wonders of Christianity.... supporting slavery.




I fully understand why Christian Churches generally don't enforce certain verses and stated so already: cherry picking and convenience.

I'll just wrap this particular claim up here. You appear to think that to be a Christian you need to apply all cultural norms and Old Testament civil and ceremonial law mentioned in the Bible. All you're displaying is a complete ignorance of what the Bible teaches and how Christ fulfilled the law on his death and resurrection. I have nothing further to add to you in particular on this point, you can of course have the last word, it doesn't change anything, especially the truth.