What is up with those FLDS women's hairdos? Honestly, I don't have anything to say (or rather, I'm refusing to give an opinion) about what's going on in Texas, but SERIOUSLY. The HAIR!!! They all have this 'do! Even the little girls. Are they all gussied up for the cameras? Is this basically their "sunday best"? I can't figure it out.
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hey there GG. new to your blog. love it! I said the same thing the other day, "whats with the hair?" Maybe its in the hidden context in the Bible, do your hair like this or burn in hell! My handbasket to hell has been waiting for years,so I won't worry about the hair.
I call them the Stepford wives.....can't get any more "robotic" then they are. Very Creepy!
My wife is Mormon…well, kind of. She grew up Mormon, but hasn’t practiced in years. But she was LDS…not FLDS. Shortly after we were married, I agreed to let the missionaries talk to me about the religion. I read the Book of Mormon and learned a lot about the religion. I didn’t end up becoming Mormon myself, because there are things about the religion I just can’t buy into. But it was a rather enlightening experience.
Polygamy was practiced by the Mormon church until around 1890, and the practice was only abandoned because the church was led to believe Utah would never receive statehood unless the church renounced polygamy. So they did, in 1890, and Utah became a state 6 years later.
But think about that for a minute…isn’t that interesting?
Our Constitution provides us protection from persecution for our religious beliefs, and it also prohibits the federal government and states from passing laws that protect one group of citizens without also providing those same protections to all citizens. So why is it that our government can say that polygamy, which is practiced as a religious belief, is unacceptable, yet other religious rights, such as circumcision, are acceptable? Who decides what an acceptable religious belief is?
Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not advocating polygamy, nor am I denouncing circumcision. I’m merely pointing out that there is a bit of hypocrisy in our Constitution...and that perhaps people (in general) should attempt to refrain from passing judgment on others for their religious beliefs, since you may be staring down the barrel of a load finger pointing at your beliefs one day.
Just food for thought…
By the way, GG RN, my prior post was not meant to imply that you were in any way passing judgment on anyone (other than hair). ;-)
according to our local CBS news affiliate, the higher the hair, the closer to God....
Funny you should ask. Not 5 minutes ago I was watching the news and an ex FLDS or whatever they are, said that the reason they aren't allowed to cut their hair is because they have to wash their husbands feet with it.
Ewwwwwwww!!!!! No wonder they won't let these women have contact with the outside world. If they knew that how absurd this was they'd say "Oh hell no" or whatever it is Mormons say when they can't take it anymore.
Talk about being stuck in time!!! LOL
I can imagine the beauty parlor- "What'll it be this week Janeen- wanna go with the Mullet?
Laughter fills the room over the hair driers!
J
My knowledge of the bible is limited HOWEVER isn't there something in there regarding women's hair? That it has to be covered?
I live out in the sticks and there's lots of weird cultly odd folks like this - all the girls and women wearing funky dresses and really, really long hair (I don't think it can hang loose either, past a certain age). Weirdly, there's one church that the females wear RED (FLDS says that a no-no) to church...I only know this because Sunday afternoons the local grocery store is full of weirdos.
I think these gals are doing their best to stand out - which means accentuating anything they are allowed to show...without appearing immodest or vain. But yipers - did you see the chick with the unibrow? Cookie monster in a dress!
1 Corinthians
Chapter 11
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Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
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1 I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold fast to the traditions, just as I handed them on to you.
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2 3 But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and a husband the head of his wife, and God the head of Christ.
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4 Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered brings shame upon his head.
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But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled brings shame upon her head, for it is one and the same thing as if she had had her head shaved.
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For if a woman does not have her head veiled, she may as well have her hair cut off. But if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should wear a veil.
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5 A man, on the other hand, should not cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man.
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For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;
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nor was man created for woman, but woman for man;
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for this reason a woman should have a sign of authority 6 on her head, because of the angels.
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7 Woman is not independent of man or man of woman in the Lord.
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For just as woman came from man, so man is born of woman; but all things are from God.
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8 Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head unveiled?
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Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears his hair long it is a disgrace to him,
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whereas if a woman has long hair it is her glory, because long hair has been given (her) for a covering?
Anonymous,
Well put by Paul to his audience of the day. Different times, different Culture. I know you can't add to or take from scripture. Just make sure it's always taken in the right context. Don't forget about the INSIDE of the cup as opposed to the outside of the cup. Women can't Prophesy or speak in church either according to same book. Think that applies to today?
Some passages or literal-some are figurative. If a woman was married to an unbeliever, would she still have to abide by the long hair rule?
Just wondering.
John
That is VERY common where I grew up in Southeastern TN. It was mainly the Church of God of Prophesy crowd. Women have very little autonomy over their own lifestyle choices. (i.e. working, voting, makeup, jewelry)
In my twisted mind Paul wrote that as a joke. Then when people actually do what he advises, inside he's laughing and saying "Oh my God, they fell for it. They're really doing it!"
Well, someone else addresed the hair question, they aren't allowed to cut it, for "biblical" reasons. And they wear, even in the West TX heat, [and it IS hot even this time of year] those long dresses, with the high necks and long sleeves because any other style would be immodest.
@ Anon with the Mormon wive who's worried about religious discrimination: when the Babtists, or the Methodidts or the Luthrins [all mis-spellings intentional] wall themselves up in a remote compound, have 13 y.o. parishoners MARRIED to 40 y.o. Elders and turn up pregnant; and when all the children under age 6 living in the compound are so confused about who their REAL parents are that the State has to conduct DNA testing to determine their actual MOTHERS, yeah, I think some differences need to be drawn between the FDLS and other religions. I dare say I'm not the only one. And at least I'm willing to put my name to my comment.
These legalistic religions have ALLLLL sorts of rules for women... but seemingly few for men. I live in AC country (Apostolic Christian). You can't tell the men apart from anyone else but you can sure spot the women... bunheads with the telltale puffed up front, no "frivolous" adornment, frumpy homemade clothes. But they drive Mercedes and wear Rolex watches (the rich ones anyway). Some of them are allowed to work as nurses (I guess it's considered appropriate women's work) and are usually excellent workers, kind and quiet. Maybe there's no reason to, but I feel sorry for them.
Listen, Holly, I'm not hiding my identity because I'm unwilling to stand behind my comments...I'm just too lazy to register an account.
And if you read my post again, you'll note that I did not support any particular position. I was merely pointing out that it is interesting how we, as a society, determine what is morally or immorally correct, and what religions are "legit" and deserving of Constitutional protection and which ones aren't.
It's not just the FDLS...
Take Jehova Witnesses, for example. That's a (more) common religion that we, as health care providers, have to contend with in the course of our work. When does a parent have a right to refuse treatment (blood transfusion) for their child on the basis of religious beliefs? At what age is a child able to embrace their own religious beliefs?
Again, I'm not passing judgment one way or another...I just find it interesting how fuzzy the line can be.
yes, i was totally thinking that when i saw them on the today show.
how do they expect us to take them seriously when they have hairdos like that??
A friend recommended the HBO series "Big Love" purely for the entertainment value, but we have found it raises a multitude of cultural/religious questions as well. In short, it is about a polygamous family living la vida loca in the 'burbs. It also shows how money and fear trump faith every time. The men are in constant receipt of messages from God... The women? Not so much. Go figure! En tout cas, La Belle Bianca is a huge fan of Harry Dean Stanton,who plays the "Prophet" for this particular branch of hoohaws.
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