Tattoos as a form of Christian outreach?

[Michie]

Amen.

However the Lord leads. But as I said, you better be in love with it and ready to die with it because witnessing is much deeper than a tattoo. We have to pray for Christ to open the way. Maybe a tatt will work, maybe it won't. It is much more than that. It is in the fruits we produce in our faith. A tattoo imo, should be an afterthought. Much like you would do after remodeling a room and looking to accessorize.

I was going to mention other churches. Kind of sounds like a Protestant thing that a younger youth leader would do.
I would not get a tattoo as an ice breaker or conversational piece.

Not that I have done it lately, much to my shame, but any witnessesing that I have done was more organic in that Christ opened the opportunity. Usually someone hurting and seeking hope.

 

[Michie]

What is it and where is it?

I have one tattoo but I would never get one that I Couldn't cover. They don't go over big in the work world.

 

[eastcoast_bsc]

What is it and where is it?

It is on my right arm. Celtic clover in green with script writing.

Have entertained the idea of a Celtic cross on my left arm.

 

[eastcoast_bsc]

I like some of Pat Fish's designs. I know a tattoo guy Jaesun in Boston that does exceptional work.

http://luckyfishart.com/collections

 

[faroukfarouk]

I have one tattoo but I would never get one that I Couldn't cover. They don't go over big in the work world.

So what did you think was the best placement for yours?

 

[faroukfarouk]

It is on my right arm. Celtic clover in green with script writing.

Have entertained the idea of a Celtic cross on my left arm.

Oh okay; just read your further post.

Yes, the Celtic patterns are a much used and much liked design source for tattoos.

 

[Michie]

Cool site!

I like some of Pat Fish's designs. I know a tattoo guy Jaesun in Boston that does exceptional work.

http://luckyfishart.com/collections

 

[faroukfarouk]

Cool site!

I especially like the Celtic designs here!

 

[faroukfarouk]

She took a pic of it for the comedic value I'm sure. And it's not a tattoo she wants, it's a nose piercing. To which I vehemently objected. I told she has to wait till she's 18 can make her own decisions outside of my domain, but I'm hoping she won't want one by then.

Miss Shelby: Maybe you'll be strict and say, no, until she's 18?

Some moms would, anyway.

 

[Miss Shelby]

Miss Shelby: Maybe you'll be strict and say, no, until she's 18?

Some moms would, anyway.

I definitely said no. I told her when she's 18 she can do it. I hope she'll realize by then how stupid it looks. As a way to rebel, she went and got her ears pierced again. (which makes them double pierced). If that's the way she rebels, I can handle it.

 

[faroukfarouk]

I definitely said no. I told her when she's 18 she can do it. I hope she'll realize by then how stupid it looks. As a way to rebel, she went and got her ears pierced again. (which makes them double pierced). If that's the way she rebels, I can handle it.

Oh well; double pierced ears wouldn't really be regarded by some moms as rebelling, I suppose; seeing as so many moms have them also!

 

[Miss Shelby]

Oh well; double pierced ears wouldn't really be regarded by some moms as rebelling, I suppose; seeing as so many moms have them also!

I know, right? That's exactly what I thought. In her mind she was rebelling. She stated as much. lol

 

[thecolorsblend]

For whatever it's worth, I always try to talk people out of getting tattoos. And that comes exclusively from my own distaste for tattoos. I truly don't understand my generation's preoccupation with tattoos. Then again, I relate to basically nothing else of my generation either so that's no surprise.

Speaking only for myself, I truly can't think of any symbol in the entire world I love enough to have ritually scarred onto my body. If you guys can, whatever, that's your business. I don't fear needles, I just don't find tattoos attractive no matter what they are, where they're located or who has them.

Also, if you're attempting some type of outreach, surely there are other ways of evangelization.

 

[faroukfarouk]

I know, right? That's exactly what I thought. In her mind she was rebelling. She stated as much. lol

I guess I'm also thinking of a gramma who has continuously worn doubles in her lobes since around 1979 being baffled by any suggestion that it's somehow unusual...

 

[AndyWilliams]

I liked what Jarrid Wilson wrote here. I know Jarrid has some tattoos himself, so I appreciate the way he thought through this issue. http://www.churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/263962-can-christians-get-tattoos-2.html

 

[Michie]

So I was thumbing through a magazine at the store and had to take a picture of these featured tattoos. It made me think of this thread with the opposite intent. You'd have to be reallllly anti-catholic to want to wear these the rest of your life. There are some pretty tattoos out there but there are some hateful ones as well as these show. Sorry about the glare but I took a picture of a picture. Just wanted you all to see how far some people go.

 

[Michie]

The other:

 

[Michie]

To me, those types of tattoos are hateful and satanic looking.

 

[faroukfarouk]

..Although must say I am very, very choosy on what women choose in tattoos and where they choose to wear them. I see so many that just look like a graffitied wall. No rhyme or reason to it.

Michie: I see what you mean about being choosy, but then again it's also become thoroughly established as an apparently high priority choice, for so many women in North America to want to do (now 59%-70% of parlor clients are female).

 

[Michie]

I believe you.