Talofa all!
Hey, I clicked on this post because I myself have long hair (me and all of my nine Samoan brothers), and I always have had long hair and always will. I wanna address a few things, because the conversation is pretty interesting.
Firstly, to those of you who think that a "male having long hair is not Biblical," please substantiate your point under one of the three following things in order to appeal to a 22-year-old lover of God who just so happens to have wavy dark hair that reaches his lower back: 1.) Mosaic Law, 2.) The Christ's Teachings, and 3.) The reality of the culture to which (as well as IN which) Paul addressed his statements.
Moses never said anything against a man having long hair. The Messiah never said anything against a man having long hair. (No prophet or scribe who laid their hands on Biblical text -- save Paul -- ever said anything against a man having long hair. Even Paul never said anything AGAINST the long-haired man himself.) Paul addressed a society in which men kept their hair shorter than women. Do you think that if Paul were writing to the Samoans of that time (from whom I descend and who kept/keep their hair long, women as well as men) that he would have said something like, "Isn't it obvious that men don't keep their hair longer than the hair of women?" He would have been snubbed! Anyway, Paul's point had nothing to do with the HAIR itself, but rather the NATURE of things. Who is the head of the woman? Who is the Crown of Creation? Who is the head of man?
Secondly, I agree with whoever said, "Do what feels best to you." I cut my hair once, shoulder-length. I hated it. In every dream I dreamt I still had long hair. Finally, my dream has come true! My hair, after two years, has finally grown back, more beautiful than ever!
Whenever my brothers and I go out in public, the ladies are always giggling. Or saying, "Oh my gosh, can I touch it?" Or "Oh, I'm so jealous. Your hair is so beautiful!" But you're right. It doesn't work for everybody.
When people ask me why I keep my hair so long, I tell them what is true:
1.) It is NATURAL for man to have long hair. SHORT, CUT hair is the ALTERATION. Not vice-versa.
2.) My mom loved Samson and the sect of Jews he belonged to, called Nazarites. Their vows included not drinking, not smoking, and not cutting their hair!
3.) We Samoans, who come from an itty bitty dot on your globe that sits on your desk at home, have ALWAYS had long hair. And our descendants who claimed the entire Ocean Realm of Islands (in what you call "the Pacific") is full of long-haired men just like me!
As for Jesus's long hair, who cares? I don't! I don't care what His hair looked like; He was the Son of God!
Why did people depict Jesus with long hair? Maybe the traditions and stories told of Him with long hair. Maybe the artists simply fancied it. Whatever the case, the Church surely didn't have a problem with it, even in light of Paul's text. Point: Jesus could have been bald for all we know. And anyway, there are many a Jewish rabbi who would refuse to let a razor touch any hair on their body. The bottom line is that He paid the price, in dreads or whatever.
God bless you and all your bald shiny heads, beautiful locks of gold or silver or black or whatever.
If you like guys with long hair, there are ten of them here in Seattle, seven of which (including myself) are single and Christian.
Say TALOFA!
youngnazarene