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I enjoyed the dialogue about Biltmore. For the record, Biltmore was not constructed as a Vanderbilt summer cottage like those in Newport, Rhode Island, and was intended for year-round occupancy.
Back to the tattoo issue. I personally could care less whether another person wants to have tattoes. I don't have them or want them. Interestingly, I am a very hairy guy, so tattoos wouldn't do much for me anyhow. Recently I decided to shave the front of my torso into a large cross. During the few times I am without a shirt it can be a testimony to others. Plus, it is not permanent and the hair will go back if I let it. So, is wearing a hair cross on your chest a desecration?
Back to the tattoo issue. I personally could care less whether another person wants to have tattoes. I don't have them or want them. Interestingly, I am a very hairy guy, so tattoos wouldn't do much for me anyhow. Recently I decided to shave the front of my torso into a large cross. During the few times I am without a shirt it can be a testimony to others. Plus, it is not permanent and the hair will go back if I let it. So, is wearing a hair cross on your chest a desecration?
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Yeah, I've thought of that, too. However, logistics prevent any serious efforts on my posterior side. LOL
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You must have talked with Harold, one of my 143 employees that maintain the HOUSE and the rest of the ESTATE. Harold has delusions of grandeur and likes to pretend that he owns my HOUSE. The use of the word ESTATE sounds a bit too snobbish, and being a humble country gentleman, I simply refer to the property as my VACATION HOME or my HOUSE in Asheville.
And Harold doesnt have any tattoos!
I too can make the Biltmore "my house" for $199 for the weekend. By the way I don't know if your making your posts in this thread tongue in cheek but you really do make yourself out as a person that can't see past the tip of his nose. As Jesus said And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, "If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.". Try heeding the advice of Jesus. If you think you are just joking around there are many that don't see it as joking and take you serious. So please try being considerate of others, even when you disagree with them.
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Can I get the coordinates for that verse, Project 86? That's a good one, and I'll have to remember it.
Anyways, his name wasn't Harold, it was Bill.
You were close though... NOT!
Anyways, his name wasn't Harold, it was Bill.
You were close though... NOT!
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Anyways, his name wasn't Harold, it was Bill.
You were close though... NOT!
No, it couldnt have been Bill! I dont have any Bills working for me because I dont like bills; on a house the size of mine the bills keep piling up.
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No, it couldnt have been Bill! I dont have any Bills working for me because I dont like bills; on a house the size of mine the bills keep piling up.
writer's strike is hittin' things pretty hard eh?
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Well, his name was most certainly Bill, sorry to inform you.No, it couldnt have been Bill! I dont have any Bills working for me because I dont like bills; on a house the size of mine the bills keep piling up.
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that is funny.I am going to leave it at that.No, it couldnt have been Bill! I dont have any Bills working for me because I dont like bills; on a house the size of mine the bills keep piling up.
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But anyways, back to the topic.
Doesn't the verse that says you can't cut your flesh also say that you can't cut your hair, or men can't trim their beards?
Doesn't the verse that says you can't cut your flesh also say that you can't cut your hair, or men can't trim their beards?
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People who want tattoos are going to get them no matter what anyone says and that's ok by me. I think the problem with tattoos are not some much the marking of flesh but the personality type that gets them. Wanting to do something to stick out from others, to set themselves apart in a negative way. But to each their own.
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Actually, I bet you didn't know that people withOUT tattoo's are the minority these days.
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I really don't care if they are or not. It doesn't change the motivation for getting them. I have yet to meet someone with a tattoo who doesn't some kind of selfish or self-obsessive quality about them. They have to do something to be special and stick out. Same for people who dress provocative, piercings, outrageously dyed hair, goth type make up. Doesn't keep me from approaching them or being friends with them but I feel it reflects self esteem issues.
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So you're saying that people who get tattoo's are self-obsessive?
That's a pretty bad stereotype, if I do say so myself.
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As society becomes increasingly decadent, depraved, immoral, degenerate, vitiated, debauched, corrupt, dissolute, dissipated, rakish, promiscuous, libertine, rebellious, and self-indulgent we will see more and more people getting tattoos and body piercings.
Birds of a feather flock together. Meaning:
People are attracted to others who are like themselves. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Hi guys 
Found this handy little article on tattoos not too long ago, so I figured I'd share it here.
http://www.biblebelievers.com/watkins_tattoos/bible.html
It's not too long of a read, but it's very informative.
God bless everyone!
Found this handy little article on tattoos not too long ago, so I figured I'd share it here.
http://www.biblebelievers.com/watkins_tattoos/bible.html
It's not too long of a read, but it's very informative.
God bless everyone!
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