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Religious hats?
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Psalm23
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Does practising your religion require the wearing of some type of hat, headdress or covering?
If so, why?
And do you personally observe this requirement?
My religion doesn't
In some forms of Christianity women wear a church hat during service. It's seen as following a particular Scripture passage.
I don't follow this view. I'm uncomfortable wearing a hat in church services. I have seen a man remove a hat as a form of respect before prayer.
What's a church hat, and what does the passage say?
No. If any religion requires that I wear something on or over my head all the time, I would not follow that religion. Likewise, I would not follow one that requires wearing footware all the time. If I cannot let my skin breathe, the religion is shallow, in my least humble opinion.
Same here.
I'm not a Singh.
Singhs don't wear hats; they wrap dastaars.
Viker
Häxan
You'd likely enjoy a skyclad ceremony.
Psalm23
Well-Known Member
A church hat is a hat that women wear in church services. The are some lovely and fancy hats for that purpose.
The tradition is based off the passage in
1 Corinthians 11:3-16.
You'd likely enjoy a skyclad ceremony.
Perhaps..
Psalm23
Well-Known Member
Those are pretty!
I used to hope that I would unravel the reason for that. For a long time I wondered about it and its significance. But when I got ideas I almost immediately forgot. So there was never really any point in trying to figure it. Facts like these are sometimes like driftwood that only comes out of the surf on beautiful mornings and has no bearing on the day's labor.
But I seem to be remembering some things about hats and their similarity to goat hair tents. Let us suppose for a moment that a hat is not a hat but a piece of a tent that is a home. You know how in ancient Mesopotamia people used to live in tents made of patches of woven hair (goat hair)? So you could think of yourself as a part of a home. The hat that early Christian women wore could have been a mark of some commitment, such as a commitment to have a certain type of home. This is just a guess. I would put it under your hat and consider it at a later time, perhaps when you know more or enough to say that it is bunk or not. Obviously it is conjecture.
Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
Different sects in Hinduism have different ways to cover the head, different head dresses, during worship or rituals. But we are good at finding substitutes. A handkerchief can do that, and if that too is not available, people will put their own hands on their head. All that is OK to show respect.
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Messianic Israelite
Active Member
Does practising your religion require the wearing of some type of hat, headdress or covering?
If so, why?
And do you personally observe this requirement?
My religion doesn't
Good afternoon Eddi. Have you never read 1 Corinthians 11:4-9?
"4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. 5 But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as having her head shaved. 6 For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head. 7 A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of Yahweh; but woman is the glory of man. 8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; 9 neither was man created for woman, but woman for man."
It used to be that many Chr-stians followed this command. Women would have head coverings, not necessarily hats, but also lace etc at least when they would attend services, or praying. Men would take off any head covering. Today, very few faiths do this. My faith continues to do this because we are commanded to in the Word. This is Yahweh's Will. Women and men are different. The Bible, all the way from the Torah, teaches headship.
firedragon
Veteran Member
Does practising your religion require the wearing of some type of hat, headdress or covering?
If so, why?
And do you personally observe this requirement?
My religion doesn't
For some people, practicing their religion requires a head dress of some sort. Like catholic nuns, some muslim women, some muslim men, and various types of people. A lot of them also practice projectionism.
These are the sort of veils Catholic women traditionally wear at church:
They're called chapel veils. They are expected if you're going to a Latin Mass, but not with the Novus Ordo Mass. They're still commonly worn in strongly Catholic cultures, and younger women are reviving the practice as a sign of their traditional beliefs. Orthodox women wear much the same sort of veils at church, too.
These are the sort of veils Catholic women traditionally wear at church:
They're called chapel veils. They are expected if you're going to a Latin Mass, but not with the Novus Ordo Mass. They're still commonly worn in strongly Catholic cultures, and younger women are reviving the practice as a sign of their traditional beliefs. Orthodox women wear much the same sort of veils at church, too.
Those are pretty, too!
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Ahh... Soto zen.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
My favorite head dress is undoubtedly that of Indigenous nations because unlike most others there is a story to be told as well.
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
Wasn't sure if it's specifically Soto or just Japanese zen generally? (Soto, Rinzai and Obaku)...