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The Return of Cowboy Etiquette
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 08, 2007, 10:47:59 am --- I was thinking of St. Paul's admonition that a man should not pray with his head covered (I Corinthians 11:4).
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Oh, OK. Interesting. Meanwhile, some religions and/or Christian denominations say women SHOULD have their heads covered in church. Why the double standard, I wonder? Maybe it's the fear that women's long lovely tresses would be too distracting?
--- Quote ---But, oh, no, we're not allowed to talk about that any more.
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What do you mean? ???
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on May 08, 2007, 11:43:44 am ---Oh, OK. Interesting. Meanwhile, some religions and/or Christian denominations say women SHOULD have their heads covered in church. Why the double standard, I wonder? Maybe it's the fear that women's long lovely tresses would be too distracting?
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That's a very ancient double standard, and in Christianity it goes back to the very same source, St. Paul (I Corinthians 11:5--the very next verse after the comment about men praying with their heads uncovered). I'm guessing, though, that one or both precepts actually go back beyond St. Paul to practices in the Jewish synagogue. Paul was raised and educated as a Pharisee, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was just bringing Jewish synagogue practice into the Gentile church. As for the ultimate why, however--just the patriarchal culture of the time, I guess. :-\
--- Quote ---What do you mean? ???
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I mean we're not "allowed" even to give a hint of being critical of how someone dresses for church.
dot-matrix:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on May 08, 2007, 11:43:44 am --- Why the double standard, I wonder? Maybe it's the fear that women's long lovely tresses would be too distracting?
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Actually this is not far off the mark. Even in modern orthodox synagogue's the women are separate from the men and the women have their heads covered at all time and may not read aloud. This is because men are considered inherently sinful and the sight, sounds and smells of women will distract them from holy things....at least according to an orthodox rabbi acquaintance of mine ;)
dot-matrix:
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: dot-matrix on May 07, 2007, 02:47:31 pm ---Top 10 Rodeo Cowboy Superstitions
1: A saddle bronc rider always puts the right foot in the stirrup first.
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I just realized something about this one that confuses me. I thought horses were always mounted from the left--the horse's left--so how do you put the right foot in the stirrup first?
Are saddle broncs mounted differently? ???
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