Braided Hair, Expensive Clothing

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Sis.Huanosto

... my aunt is a Pastor's wife who is apart of UPC and at their Church their allowed to cut their hair and everything but it has to be at a certain length. ...

There are differences of opinion on how "long" hair should be.

For men, some think that if it touches the upper ear it is long. Others think if it touches the collar it is long.

For women, some think "long" means "uncut" or unalterered in lengthy by burning, breaking, or cutting. Others consider hair long if it is generally longer than the hair on the men in the church.

[matthouston]

Originally Posted by Sam

There are differences of opinion on how "long" hair should be.

For men, some think that if it touches the upper ear it is long. Others think if it touches the collar it is long.

For women, some think "long" means "uncut" or unalterered in lengthy by burning, breaking, or cutting. Others consider hair long if it is generally longer than the hair on the men in the church.

Exactly. I can't imagine that long means one thing for men and one thing for women. God is not the author of confusion and I think it was His intention for their to be a clear distinction between the length of hair on men and women.

If "Long" means "Uncut", that means I (as a man) could have hair down to the middle of my back, as long as I trim it. My trimming it would make it "not long" and I would not be going against the scripture.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by matthouston

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If "Long" means "Uncut", that means I (as a man) could have hair down to the middle of my back, as long as I trim it. My trimming it would make it "not long" and I would not be going against the scripture.

I agree. If "long" means uncut/untrimmed for women it would for men also. And if a sister has hair to her ankles but trims the ends that makes it "shorn" then a man could wear his to the ankles and trim the ends to have "shorn" or "short" hair.

Just the one letter difference between shorn and short does make a difference, just like those poor monks years ago that confused celebate with celebrate.