Tattoo

harpcat · #31 27th June 2007, 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by hosea6v6

I believe that there is something wrong with in a person who feels that he or she needs a tattoo. God has already wrote down how He feels so this is all up to you.

Hosea6v6

This is a mighty strong condemnation of people with Tattoos. I have a very dear friend who came back from going to Seminary in Scotland... a very consrvative reformation seminary, and came back with a tattoo of the five "solas" on his back... I know him too well to think that the quote above appllies to him... secondly, who says they think they "Need" a tattoo as opposed to just wanting one?

MezzaMorta · #32 27th June 2007, 10:41 PM

I'm not a Jew so what Lev says doesn't really apply to me. I got 9 tattoos, love them all and plan to get plenty more. You don't see temples that are just bare walls with nothing on them, they are paited, got statues, pictures.... ect...ect. my body is my temple and i'll decorate it how ever i see fit. I love all my tattoos and they will have the same meaning they do now in 20, 50 or 100 years and i'm sure i'll love them just the same then.

PaladinValer · #33 27th June 2007, 11:35 PM

Mezza, playing Devil's advocate, but what would God smile upon more: painting your body (which is neutral) or donating blood, which you don't have the chance to do if you get a tattoo (which is good)?

If you got extra money to burn, wouldn't it be better for the world to give it so that the less fortunate can have better lives?

MezzaMorta · #34 28th June 2007, 12:03 AM

Mezza, playing Devil's advocate, but what would God smile upon more: painting your body (which is neutral) or donating blood, which you don't have the chance to do if you get a tattoo (which is good)?

There are plenty of things that disqualify you from donating blood, if you have recently traveled to any number of foreign nations for example. But having a tattoo in itself doesn’t disqualify you, you just need to provide a blood test from after you got your tattoo. They screen all the blood they take now anyways so the need for that test is pretty much gone anyways.

If you got extra money to burn, wouldn't it be better for the world to give it so that the less fortunate can have better lives?

You could apply that logic to just about anything that we in the western world have. One can donate as much or little as they feel they want to, seems odd to single out tattoos in western society when there are so many other things we commonly do that waste money.

Daave220 · #35 13th July 2007, 12:25 AM

I believe you said if I get a tattoo I will not be able to give blood for a year, that doesn't matter to me. I take meds Everyday which changes my blood so I will not be able to give any ways? I really wish I could because I'm type-O and that’s good I hear to give. And I don’t think I will get a tattoo in September, I'll probable want to wait till January. Maybe even years later because I don’t know what I want yet and it'll be there forever so I want to be sure forever. And if it takes me 2 years to pick it out then I’ll wait two years.

Right now I’m leaning towards a cross, but I want to add on to the cross with a heart or a rose. I also want to get Galatians 2:20 on me or maybe Psalms 23. There’s just so much to chose from I don’t know what I want so I’m going to wait. Maybe to two different ones, who knows?

Now I don’t think anyone answered this or maybe I didn’t ask, what is “Your body is a temple about?” Is it about ruining you body with marks (tattoos/burnings) or is it about Corinthian being sexual immoral.

Anyone want to add options to this…

christiangal522 · #36 22nd July 2007, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by PaladinValer

Mezza, playing Devil's advocate, but what would God smile upon more: painting your body (which is neutral) or donating blood, which you don't have the chance to do if you get a tattoo (which is good)?

If you got extra money to burn, wouldn't it be better for the world to give it so that the less fortunate can have better lives?

I have to say that for me getting a tattoo (I have a chi-rho on my inner left wrist) was a wise decision.

My tattoo glorifies God in so many ways. Not only is it a reminder of who I belong to and who my life is about, but it has been an amazing testimony to others. I am constantly haveing non-believers (and believers) asking what it means. It gives me an opportunity to share the Gospel with people. I bet I have people asking me on a VERY regular basis. I will NEVER regret it. God is being glorified.

Teufelhund · #37 30th July 2007, 05:55 PM

I don't think that anyone who doesn't drain the blood from their meat can really complain about Old Testament laws. I'd get it, although your heart seems a really odd place for a cross it'd be kind of asymmetrical so I doubt it would look very even, although if that's the effect your going after. I have recently got a St. Micheal Tat, and I think it's probably one of the better things I could spend my money on, and the pain is very little compared to the coolness of that tattoo itself.

brimac · #38 30th July 2007, 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by Daave220

Hi,

I turn 18 in September and I want to get a tattoo of a cross over my heart. I also know it's there forever so Im going to think about it for the next few months and prob. wont get it in September. But there's one thing, the bible says not to in Leviticus 19:28:
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

But i got something out of Revelation 19:16
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

So i dont know if the name on his thigh is 1st on his leg or on his vesture

So I would just like some thoughts about what people believe the bible says about it and/or what you believe on your own.

The verse you are referring to in Leviticus is not speaking about the same type of tatoo that you are speaking of! It is referring to those who cut themselves for the "gods". In the day that Leviticus was written, it was a very common pagan practice to mark yourself for your God, and that marking became synomonous with paganism in the same way that cutting your hair was synonomous with prostitution for women. The tattoo you are speaking of does not violate the word of God! It was cultural!

Divinah · #39 30th July 2007, 06:43 PM

IT IS A DEFILEMENT OF THE FLESH.

BUT THAT ASIDE, I don't know anyone who get's a tatoo and doesn't regret it when their older.

If for no other reason, they look really ugly.

I don't want to sound corny...Brand the cross on the tablet of your heart and let it shine through your life.

It's sounds good to want to make it a God Thing...but tatoos aren't a God thing.

I honestly believe your asking because...you feel it's wrong and want validation.

Here's a thought, think of something else to celebrate your 18th with and save that for your 21st.

You're just a Baby! Do you know what I think when I see kids running around with tats especially all tagged up...That kid's that desperate for approval. Not impressed or intimidated at all.

Teufelhund · #40 31st July 2007, 03:54 AM

I don't know about desperate for approval, you can't even see mine, and I don't show it off. I think the key is to pick something for a tat so fundamental that is part of you forever, my father has my mother's name tattooed on his shoulder, I have St. Micheal tattooed on my back. If you pick something like a skull wrapped in snakes, which seems pretty cool, that would be far less so at 40, but some religious imagery I doubt I would be later unconfortable with. A defilement of the flesh? I think there are far worse things done that most people accept.