Is it a sin for a women to cut her hair?

Answer 1

It depends on your religion.

Actually, the scripture is 1st Corinthians chapter 11 verses 3-16. But what you must remember is that Corinthians is written by Paul to the Corinthians. Where was this? Greece. What was going on here. All kinds of perversions. Temples built to Aphrodite and houses of prostitution. Paul says man should not cover his head when he prays or prophesying. This is because the slaves of Corinth used to have their heads covered. And what Paul is saying is that to have your head covered in Church shows loyalty to their master and in the eyes of God all men are equal and are to serve him. Should he worship as a slave or a man of Christ. Also, it was common for prostitutes to have their heads shaved or shored. Yet, It says later that if a woman have long hair it is a glory to her; for her hair is a covering. Then if that is the case men should not have their heads covered means they should be shaved. This letter by Paul is written to the Corinthians. He also wrote letters to the Romans, Galatians's, Ephesians. Why is this scripture not repeated to them. Because he was writing to the Corinthians specifically. It by the Grace of God we are saved by the Blood of Christ. And only through Him can we enter through the Kingdom of Heaven. By saying it is a sin for a woman to cut her hair is just like the Pharisees when they said Jesus healed on the Sabbath. Because it was against the Law. Christ died and rose again to free us of the hypocrisy of the laws created by the Phrases. All they are doing is creating more laws by which to justify themselves as being righteous. If they want to believe this then they can, but it is not a commandment but a custom, therefore not a sin.

Answer 2

Some extreme churches today may say it is a sin, but the pagan Romans seem to have put forth the idea that men with short hair were civilized, so as to distinguish themselves from the barbarians they killed and enslaved by the million. The short-haired Romans later became Christian, as did the long-haired Germanic barbarians who eventually conquered them in the 5th Century. The Puritans, or "Roundheads" were religious zealots in 17th Century England, and they possibly revived the idea that men should have short hair.

[I have not found much Biblical reference to hair, but Corinthians II says that women should either cover their hair or have it shaved off before entering a church to worship. The reason for this (not explained in The Bible) makes an interesting story, but it has little to do with the question asked.]

Another

No it isn't - it's simply a quaint custom that men should have short hair (see above). Scripture tells us that John the Baptist (being a nazirite - a Jewish order set apart by God) would vow never to have his hair cut. Samson was also a nazirite - hence the story of him losing his spiritual strength when Delilah's servant cut off his hair. Both these men were Godly men held up as examples in the Bible. In Jesus' time long hair for men was the norm, and so it would be likely the he too had long hair. As Christians believe that Christ is sinless, then having long hair cannot be a sin. It is not your appearance that counts but what comes from your heart.

Incidentally, the idea of women 'covering' their hair comes from the belief in those times that long hair on a woman was sexually alluring and might tempt a man to have lustful thoughts. Again, Jesus dispelled this custom by allowing a woman to wash his feet with her tears, (tears were often saved by women in those days and kept in a small bottle called an unguentarium - they were regarded as something very special), and to dry his feet with her hair. Despite the 'tut tuts' of those around Jesus rebuked them implying that it is not the hair that is a sin, but the lustful thoughts leading to immoral deeds within the minds of men.

I agree with the above.

According to available stories that all the Prophets Adam to Muhammad had long hair up to their shoulders. There is no compulsion in any religion in this issue.Most of the religions insisting the coverage of heads especially to the women. Growth of hair in the head is a natural phenomena. How can it be a sin?

Paul said that it's a shame to have long hair. I don't know if Paul consider it as sin.

"Doth not even nature herself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?" 1 Corinthians 11;14

Men having short hair is a tradition associated with the more "civilised" factions in history, so as to distinguish those who could afford a regular barber or personal slave well-trained enough to give haircuts from those who couldn't, rather than anything to do with religion.

Answer 3

Whether or not the cutting of facial hair is a "sin" is sometimes determined by the religious beliefs or culture to which one adheres. The same would hold true of circumcision ... do you believe it is necessary to your beliefs or not?

Answer 4

No, not a sin. Tom Ford (the man in men's fashion) cuts his own hair...if it's good enough for him, it's good enough for the rest of us!

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