"But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved."
Author: 1 Corinthians 11 Verses #: 5
It is wrong for a man to pray with his head covered and wrong for a woman to pray without her head covered. Contemporary christian women ignore this verse entirely. Up until the 1960's women at least wore hats and veils in church. Modern protestant churches have completely given this edict up. It is just not popular. A head scarf is an inconvenience and a visual reminder that women and men are not equal scripturally. This is just not a popular concept and the practice of women covering their heads has been given up except for nuns in the catholic tradition. There is nothing more inconvenient that having to keep something on top of your head. The head covering is still completely required for an islamic woman to show piety. Nothing reveals inequality more. Men are free to be themselves and women must be covered. Modern christian women have chosen freedom in this aspect and have rejected the symbolism that they are "different" and must appear different than men. The whole of Paul's teaching served to keep women silent, powerless and "covered" for 2,000 years of dogma. Modern women reject this. Should we also reject that God is male and male is god. Should we also reject that Eve was "created" from Adam? Biology and evidence would tell us that Eve birthed the first human(s) and is the mother of all humans. The worship of a "male god" who devalues women and their biology has negated their right to exist for 4,000 years. At one point the first Eve birthed the first "human", and she was not wearing a veil when she did it!
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