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Originally Posted by notofworks

I didn't see any way around the three steps either until I studied the bible with help from "Theology In The Church" and "Romans" class at CLC.

I have studied my Bible and I still believe what I believed 25 years ago.

Societal clothing fashions come and go. A females femininity has nothing to do with the current clothing trends and Deuteronomy 22:5 has nothing to do with pants and skirts.

Right, it is about homosexuality.

So what about makeup and cut hair and jewelry. Where are you with that?

You are asking someone that used to sell Lancome. I hate makeup. The world forces it on you. But, I do wear base on occasion - organic.

I think that I would want to be careful when the Word says a women's long hair is her glory/dignity. I don't see how we could say it can't be cut. I was reading where it was said, "It may be necessary to reach outside the Greek to say uncut". I don't think Paul would reach outside the Greek. He didn't need to. "Akoptos" in the Greek means "uncut", so Paul had a word he could have used. IMO, when you say shorn or shaven, you are talking about the way a man would cut his hair. That is "cropped short" or "shaved off".

I have never liked jewelry, hate rings, earrings, but I think if we taught moderation it would be more true to what the Word is talking about. It is not saying not to wear it.

People are generally obsessive compulsive about things, so you would simply need to set an example. Nothing wrong with dress codes. If places of business have rules of dress, there is nothing wrong with the church having them as well. We want to be a decent society.