Thank you, Timmy. That is exactly what I am saying - to me/in my opinion.
Now, my brother wasn't feminine when he used to wear an earring. But, when he got his Master's degree, he grew up and got rid of it. So, to me, real men should grow up - eventually.
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Don't fret over it, Scotty. Real men won't ever be able to understand it. I know my husband can't understand it.
Yeah, cuz those other guys who do wear earrings..they aren't really men.
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-Steven Colbert
What's going to happen when you enter your 30s? I mean, besides taking out your earrings. Are you planning to dramatically change or is there some milestone being reached that would be marked by removing them?
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"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we’ve got to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge that he commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition — and then admit that we just don’t want to do it."
-Steven Colbert
What's going to happen when you enter your 30s? I mean, besides taking out your earrings. Are you planning to dramatically change or is there some milestone being reached that would be marked by removing them?
Herews 10:5-6 says:
5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
This is a quote from Psalms 40:6 which says:
6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened (or pierced), burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Verse 6 above is from the KJV which is based on the Masoretic or Hebrew text. The author of the book of Hebrews quoted from the LXX and that is the reason the OT verse referenced in Hebrews does not agree with our OT.
The idea of a pierced ear (or ears) had to do with the "love slave" of Exodus 21, i.e a slave who could go free but chose to serve voluntarily because of his love for his master and family. In reference to Jesus it may have been entirely symbolic. I don't honestly know how many Jewish men from Galilee of the Gentiles wore earrings in the time Jesus walked the earth as a man. Also, I don't know if the practice of the "love slave" was still being done at that time. So, we don't know for sure whether Jesus wore an earring or not.
Brother Sam I don't see the word opened being the word pierced. But to be sure let me go and look at the Masoretic text
Brother Sam I don't see the word opened being the word pierced. But to be sure let me go and look at the Masoretic text
Brother Sam,
When I read the Hebrew text I understood it better. Its not speaking of a literal piercing of the ears. Its speaking of an opening of the understanding. A digging open or opening up of the ears not a piercing of the ears. Also you have to look at context when its Hebrew. When I read this from the text I understand that Jehovah opened up the ears or understanding(because evidently he was not understanding the Words of the Lord). He used a metaphor that simply means He finally got the Revelation of God's will for his life and that He should be serving Him from the heart.
just some thoughts.......A word just because its used one way in Hebrew though it may have the same root does not mean its always used the same way. We have to look at form and endings. Hebrew nouns are masculine or feminine forms. Hebrew has a singular, a plural and also a dual. True gender is often indicated by context.Then there are masculine plurals, feminine plurals and irregular plurals. You can do word studies but unless you go and do the whole chapter you will surely miss the contextual analysis.
It not all that hard but just for instance you can go on programs on the web and look up words to do a word study and then click on the little devices that help you pronounce them and behold you think you are pronouncing it correctly but someone who reads Hebrew ....me for instance ...can go back and look at it and read it from the text and realize....the recording is wrong.......just some thoughts Karah does not always mean pierced in translation like a pierced ear. It can also be metaphoric.
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Still no answer. Why would a man wear them ? For those of you who wear them can you just answer that simple question. Why ? Don't give me "the same reason a woman does". Please, women wear make up, brets and stuff in their hair, paint their nails, wear bras(even those who dont need them) . So you wear all of that too ?
Why ? What is the purpose of you putting on ear rings ?
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