Well, I for one can approve of that! Not that it matters, of course.
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A Christian must have a full beard
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Christians don't follow the bible. Not one in a thousand would know the rules for selling your daughter, for instance, but it's all in there.
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
Times and customs change, but I do believe there are cultures that do sell their daughters in marriage. Some work out, some don't. Depending on family concern. And some religious folk arrange marriages. Today.
And as for following the bible, Christians think the sabbath is Sunday. If you want to know what the Sabbath really is, ask your Jewish friends.
IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
This was much more common in the past. There was definitely a Protestant fundamentalist movement (I think it was called the Holiness Movement) that stressed (among other things) the strict keeping of a Sunday Sabbath. However, you really don't see much of this today. I know that you will sometimes hear Catholics speaking of keeping the Sabbath by going to church on Sunday, but truthfully, if you go to the Catholic encyclopedia, it correctly identifies the Sabbath as stretching from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown.
InChrist
Free4ever
Christians don’t think the Sabbath is Sunday. The Sabbath was/is a sign between God and Israel…
Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you. 14 You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Exodus 31:13-14
Christians don’t keep the Sabbath. They gather together on the first day of the week, Sunday, in remembrance of Jesus’ resurrection.
Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight. Matthew 20:7
Quite right, my apologies. I was thinking the Christian God was the God of the Tanakh, but of course at the same time I knew that Paul had thrown out the covenant of circumcision with that God. And the Christian God, a few centuries later, became triune too, a totally different concept to either the God of the Tanakh or the God of the NT.
ajay0
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But Christ had long hair as per pictures of him.
I also suppose you include trimmed moustaches as the Jews and muslims .
Yes, I've seen lots of those pictures. They make it clear he was tall, handsome, cheerful but thoughtful, and Nordic-looking with long wavy chestnut locks, and a freshly washed and ironed tunic ─ would have looked just right in a Volvo ad.
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ajay0
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For some reason, I have noticed that the ladies find untrimmed beards quite repulsive.
Indeed, untrimmed beards are not quite aesthetic and you can't blame them for prejudiced outlook or something.
Large beards also consume a lot of time in terms of daily hygiene as in washing and shampooing.
Indeed, untrimmed beards are not quite aesthetic and you can't blame them for prejudiced outlook or something.
Large beards also consume a lot of time in terms of daily hygiene as in washing and shampooing.
Heyo
Veteran Member
I don't care much about Christians (and most Christians don't care much about beards), but you can't be a True Atheist™ or True Anarchist™ without a beard. It's in the definition, we call them bearded atheists/anarchists for a reason.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Or in accordance to the new testament.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
I believe that women are supposed to look like women and men are supposed to look like men.
Koldo
Outstanding Member
Then why do so many Christian women keep their hair short when it is clearly stated in the New Testament they are supposed to keep it long?
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Because I believe the point is that they should look like women and men should look like men.
Koldo
Outstanding Member
In what countries does a woman looks more like a woman when they keep their hair short rather than long?
Tony B
Member
Hell of a sweeping statement there buddy, none of us claim to be perfect, only one man ticked that box, however, most of us do try to follow the laws we are subject to. As it happens selling our daughters isn't one of them, it's probably best you understand the Bible and what Christians are required to do before making statements like that. We are not subject to Old Testament customs and laws which were intended for the Israelites. We are subject to the moral law (Ten commandments for instance) and not rules around hair cuts, beards, selling daughters or anything else.
Tony B
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Do you think Christian women who have short hair (which could be for any number of legitimate reasons) will be denied salvation on that basis?
Thus women and men should go around naked so we can see their genitals clearly. That's what "look like women" and "look like men" actually looks like. You know, genitals. Those need to be clearly visible. Everything else has very little to do with being a human male or female. Everyone has to go around naked. This will also make it easier to spot intersexed humans and nonbinary humans.