This post is geared at providing more evidence that Jesus was not the long haired, catholic church hippie He is portrayed to be in all of of the pictures.
Nothing in this post is aimed at putting anyone under the law.
Do you have long hair Kilika? I could care less.
Quit falsely accusing me of promoting false doctrine!
If that was the intent of the thread, then why in the world didn't you post that? You made no mention at all of that intent.
By citing the law Jim, that is exaclty what your doing! Out of the 5 verses you posted, 4 of them reference, or are directly the law!
If you don't care what length my hair is, then why even bring this topic up? We already have a thread about the Catholic heresies, so why this thread?
And for the record, I've had both long and short hair in my life, though God saw fit to bless me with less hair than some, and what is left I have kept cut stubble short for the last 12 -15 years or so. And I wear a gotee. Years ago, I wore a beard to the middle of my chest, and what hair I had was just to my shoulders. Did that for a few years. If you want to know what I look like now, think of Stone Cold Steve Austin the wrestler. Look just like him, only not quite as big or as muscular, but at 5'10' 200, I'm not small. I don't look like the average Christian!
One might think me some tough guy or something till they talk to me. I use to think of myself as some tough guy, being ex-military. I studied martial arts, fighting, urban combat tactics, gun use, etc. I'm a qualified marksman with both a handgun and rifle, and can use scuba gear though I don't have a PADI. Even came close to getting into private security work years ago when I was backslidden. Truth is, I was a bad boy back in the day. While Steve Austin might be able to smash beer cans on his forehead, I can knock that same beercan off his head from 200 yards no scope, but then I was hunting on my own squirrles and dove with a single shot 410 shotgun at the age of 10 or so.
The point is that I don't look like a Christian, and I don't dress like what one might think a Christian would I guess as I don't wear dress clothes, suits, etc and your correct, the outward appearance isn't what's important, and can lead to misunderstandings. It's what comes out of the mouth that matters.
Jesus showed me I wasn't living by faith, but by my own works. Pride had indeed become a problem, and thank you Jesus He humbled me in a big way and led me back into the fold several years ago.
"Vanity of vanities..."
Quit falsely accusing me of promoting false doctrine!
Why should I, though there is nothing false about my allegations, when that is what you have done with this post?
You obviously support what it says, as you apparently wrote it yourself, or did you?
You haven't even said, but it's posted as yours, as it's not quoted, so I take it that it's your beliefs. And what it says I say is putting people under the law, and yes, I consider your position as a false doctrine, as it is not sound doctrine that I read in scripture. Your using the law to make people obey the law through observance of a custom.
You've mocked our "liberty" before, but the truth is, that liberty says that we can observe one day or one haircut, it doesn't matter other than wha't edifting in a given situation, but we have NO right to tell others what they must observe. Period.
This is exactly what your doing with this post...
"Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men." Mark 7:7 (KJB)
