Would the Apostle Paul identify more with the emergent church today?

[The Mikado]

What is with all these effeminate men with long hair???

You, you there with the cut penis! Why are you circumcised? You weren't born a Jew! Wait...almost ALL of you men are circumcised?

That...that woman in the pew in front of me isn't covering her hair! Doesn't she know her hair is her glory?

[The Mikado]

St. Paul would be horrified, in general, at how widespread circumcision has become among American Christians of all stripes. He writes in many of his epistles about it in very strong language...that if you're a Jew convert to Christianity, sure, be circumcised, but if you're a Gentile, there's no point in circumcision and that it's dangerously implying that you can be saved by the old Jewish covenant and not through Christ and risks cutting yourself off from Jesus' salvation.

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