Hair

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> Where is it written that the split end is not just as much the natural
> hair as the rest of the shaft of hair ?

Someone has yet to show me a scripture that forbids women from cutting 
their hair. There are references to CUSTOMS concerning women who are 
"uncovered" or in other words, appear as the men do.

This was the whole basis of this scripture, I reiterate....that the 
women should not wear their hair like the men, because in doing so, they 
dishonor their heads (namely, the men).

This custom that they were contentious about was not concerning the 
length of hair, but masculinity in the women, and effiminacy in the men!

Remember, to the same church, Paul warned of women wearing things that 
pertained to a man....

The Corinthian church obviously had a problem with cross-dressing and 
people taking on traits of the other gender. (for lack of better words). 
This was the only reason this matter came up.

In I Corinthians 11, there is no commandment that women should not cut 
their hair. Only that they were to remain covered, and the men uncovered. 

If we are going to use that scripture to forbid cutting of hair then we 
must go this way:

Hair is given for a covering. Therefore, men are not to have ANY hair on 
their heads, because if a man has any hair, he would be covered. If that 
is the case, then any amount of hair women have would be ok since hair is 
given for a covering...which means she may cut it to any length as long 
as she is not shaven bald.

But we know that's not the correct way to interpret this scripture, 
because that's not what it was talking about.

Again, this CUSTOM was dealing SOLELY with the women making themselves to 
appear as the men....