Hair Length: Some Resist, Others Obey

That video cracked me up and brought back memories of the hair and skirt police from the church of my youth.

If a boy's hair was resting on or over the ear and/or was resting on or over the collar they couldn't sing in the youth choir and were considered to be in rebellion to God.

Likewise, if the girls skirts were more than 1 1/2 inches above the knee when they kneeled on the floor they could not sing in the choir and were rebellious. And, yes, they did have a ruler and they did measure.

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I remember the nuns putting girls on a chair, standing up for the entire class on display & then would measure with a ruler the length to the knee. This was the typical shame & blame routine designed to humiliate

 

Back in the Beatles era, the High School wouldn't allow a guy's hair to touch his ears or collar. This resulted in massive slabs of grease, 50s style jellyroll hairdos, and duck tails protruding out the back of the head. That was OK, but the Beatles thing, modest by today's standards was not.

 

OK....I just trimmed my moustache

 

I think this mindset drove many away from Baptists Churches into the grip of Pentecostalism. The Pentecostal churches were crawling with hippie types and were glad to have them.

 

Nutjobs....but yet the evangelicals followed him. Did they allow for you to go to a medical doctor or did they insist on praying over you?

 

From my experience, the Pentecostals were typically Arminiain. Preaching the same gospel most Baptist churches preach. Also baptizing believers by immersion. They substituted the old "asking Jesus into your heart" with "asking for the Holy Spirit" thinking it was the baptism of the Holy Spirit. But they attracted many from the "Jesus Movement" with rock worship services and Adrenalin driven praise and worship.

 

Ah yes, Brylcream a little dab will do ya!

Little Dab = doesn't slide out of your palm.

 

Ohhhh, OK thanks....personally I dont like that .

 

Kinda like Moustashe wax/ pomaide.

 

I didn't know it was sin that made hair grow.

 

Ha ha... I’m bald

 

Yeah, goes back all the way to Adam. Little known fact the fruit of the Tree of Life was packed with natural dipilatory agents. Once Adam sinned he was denied access to the Tree of Life and, yeah, the hair grew. This sin trait was passed on to all humans. This is why Alopecian monks have bald heads.

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Hey, thanks for the encouragement; I'm approaching perfection!!

 

I kind of miss those days. Now I walk in church and half the men wearing shorts and half the women dressed like they are going out bar hopping. No reverence whatsoever. I am lax on dress appropriateness, but ridiculous is ridiculous. I sit there having Al Bundy moments when I see most of the women. They should be 20 years younger and 40 pounds lighter to be wearing what they wear. If your fat hangs over it, you shouldn't be in it. You shouldn't be in it anyway at church and probably anywhere for that matter.

 

Uh Huh

 

Reminds me, I need a haircut. Great Clips opens in 7 hours and two minutes.

I have been carrying around the hair cut money in my wallet for two weeks now.

Gotta get my hair cut tomorrow!