Men's Hairstyle and Christianity

The poem challenges the religious belief that God doesn't approve of men with long hair.

Why do the men in the churches trim their hair so low to show the scalp?

Some Christian men shave their heads to please their religious organization.

 

Does the Bible specify the length that a man’s hair should be?

Is short hair or being bald a requirement for a man to be a true Christian?

 

1 Corinthians 11: 14 says that long hair is a dishonour to a man,

But this scripture does not harmonize with the story of Samson.

 

Who among us can reason that Jesus’ long hair was a dishonour to him?

Although Christians think differently, there is a clear contradiction.

 

Dishonour is not a sin, but some regard the choices of others as dishonour.

In this context, dishonour literally means shame and disgrace.

 

Bear in mind that not only bad actions bring dishonour to a person.

If you disappoint proud people, they will say you bring dishonour to them.

 

For example, a slow student gets 25% in an exam, so he or she feels ashamed.

And the child's parents and friends foolishly regard him or her as a disgrace.

 

God wisely created man exactly the way he wanted man to be.

Who came up with the idea that God does not approve of men with long hair?

 

If the true God really wanted only bald-headed men to worship him,

Then why did he designedly make some males with long hair?

 

Although nobody knows the exact appearance of Jesus Christ,

Christians have never painted a portrait of a bald-headed man to represent him.

 

They teach us that Christians are disciples of Jesus Christ, a Nazirite,

Yet they make it seem that men with long hair will not go to heaven.

 

Will only bald-headed men live forever on a paradisiac earth?

Imagine the future world full of men with very little or no hair.

 

Nobody should judge a man by his hair as to whether he is a Christian or not.

God examines a man’s character and the intent of his heart, not his hairstyle.

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