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Originally Posted by pelathais
I would hesitate to say "merely" a cultural custom or such. Even if the practice doesn't have a literal application for us today there are often underlying principles that we need to be aware of.
For example, the head covering. Paul's point seems to have been to try and maintain a clear distinction between the roles and the the appearances of the men and women in the church congregation. The whole discussion appears to be predicated upon the activity of "praying," and thus is specific for those times.
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I think we have completely missed a major point that Paul was making in this passage, because we focus on the hair. I think his main point was about submission and proper roles.
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