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To: so_real
Read up : https://www.google.com/#q=remove+hat+in+church and you'll even discover Biblical precedent : http://www.openbible.info/topics/wearing_hats.

So, according to scripture, the women in your church are required to wear hats while attending services if they have short hair and are forbidden to wear pants, right? Likewise, they are forbidden to braid their hair, wear any gold or pearl jewelry? Are they also forbidden to speak in church?

...Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven.

...But if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.

...Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire...

...The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

I find nothing in scripture that says a man must remove his hat except while praying or prophesying.

75 posted on 12/18/2013 7:10:37 AM PST by Ol' Dan Tucker (People should not be afraid of the government. Government should be afraid of the people)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker

It isn't about the clothing; it's about pride and humility. Different churches have different traditions regarding the promotion of humility and the discouragement of pride. Yes, what is worn is part of these traditions. Yes, there is Biblical precedent. My church has it's own traditions; you've not defined them nor would you be allowed to define them. Neither you, nor a table of your friends, nor a gaggle of social media zealots have the right to dictate those traditions. Likewise, you also are not allowed to establish your own dress code in a restaurant you do not own. That's my point. It's simple and this desire you have to take offense at the parallel I drew impedes your ability to see the bigger picture. Do we have freedom of assembly, or do we not?


76 posted on 12/18/2013 7:24:25 AM PST by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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