I'm still mostly off-line, but while I'm away, here is a question for you to ponder and come up with a good answer for me.

The first of God's laws existed prior to his verbal or written decrees. They are found in his creation. We know much of how God wants things to be because he made them a certain way. For example, even before he spoke concerning homosexuality, he created an order requiring heterosexuality. Based on this reasoning, when God's Word is silent on a question, I look to creation to see what it tells me, if anything, about God's will on the issue. For another, more personal, example, I wear a beard partly because God put it there. I don't believe shaving is in any way sinful, but I do believe that the presence of hair follicles on my face indicates God's intention. Of course, if I see something that appears naturally right, and Scripture disagrees, I know I have a mistaken understanding of nature — which brings me to my question.

1Corinthians 11:14 says, "Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair*, it is a shame unto him?" My question is, how does nature teach us this? Scripture says so, therefore it is true. However, if men let their hair grow, it naturally grows long, so I would be inclined to believe the opposite.

How does nature itself teach us that long hair on a man is shameful?