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Originally Posted by Stephanas
The quoted article is more than ten and perhaps as many as fifteen years old.
The "claim that uncut hair is necessary to cast out demons in addition to the power of the Holy Ghost and the power and authority we have in the name of Jesus Christ" is only heretical if the "uncut hair" doctrine is untrue. If cutting the hair is an intentional act of disobedience to the Scriptures, and if the women who cuts her hair is living in open rebellion to God and His Word, then it follows logically that uncut hair is necessary to have the spiritual authority to cast out demons.
Unfortunately for the author making the claim, there is no empirical evidence that uncut hair is required to cast out demons.
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Any type of disobedience is rebellion against God's Word.
Also, Stephanas does the requirement of flawless perfection, as advocated inferentially in this argument, in order to cast out demons .... also apply to gossiping, not paying tithes, contention, and other "inward sins"
The a priori argument, or flawed conditional, made by Woodward and Treece is that a woman shouldn't dare cast out a demon ... is not because the demon can inwardly discern the spiritual condition of the exociser but rather sees the outward sign of uncut hair as a sign of spiritual authorty and can then detect "rebellion".
So this only applies to hair cutting? Is a demon subject to all men who have short hair ... and "fooled" by uncut hair on a sinful woman? Do they carry a checklist to know whether or not to submit to the authority of the exorciser?
I find Jesus commissioning 70 disciples to cast out demons prior to Pentecost ... under the authority and power of His name ... were they in full compliance, Pre-Pentecost? I don't know.
I am sure you and I have witnessed demons being cast out by preachers who are less the flawless ...
Nor do I see that this can happen unless one relies on Christ as our obedience.