Tattoo's

[ernest_theweedwhackerguy]

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:

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Good to see you again, PG!

I have a quick question though. Since you believe tattoo's and piercings are immoral, how do you feel about haircuts, trimming your beard, and the like?


Quick response to Holyrokker:

HahahahahAHHAHAHAHAhahaha!!!
Ain't that about the truth?! (had to use "sherman" termonology there.)

 

[MrJim]

My answer - tattoos aren't nearly as sinful as a double bacon cheeseburger

food vs. permanent marking on the skin...

 

[PETE_]

My answer - tattoos aren't nearly as sinful as a double bacon cheeseburger

I definitely thiink that many more have fallen to the temptation of bacon.

 

[Rhamiel]

I did not read the whole thread, so I might be repeating something already said, but Coptic Christians get a little blue or green cross tattood on their wrist, right above the vien so it can not be cut off without killing the person

 

[Thomas35]

Rev 19:16 Jesus will have something written on His thigh. KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

 

[MrJim]

I definitely thiink that many more have fallen to the temptation of bacon.

mmmmm, bacon...I would never have made a good Jew

 

[MrJim]

I did not read the whole thread, so I might be repeating something already said, but Coptic Christians get a little blue or green cross tattood on their wrist, right above the vien so it can not be cut off without killing the person

Guess they probably don't go to a biker named Snake to get that done...

 

[PrincetonGuy]

Good to see you again, PG!

I have a quick question though. Since you believe tattoo's and piercings are immoral, how do you feel about haircuts, trimming your beard, and the like?

Perhaps you have not noticed that so far in this thread I have not said anything about the Old Testament and Leviticus 19:28 in particular. The reason why I haven’t is that the entire nineteenth chapter of Leviticus poses even for the Old Testament scholar a host of difficulties, and, since I am not an Old Testament scholar, the nineteenth chapter of Leviticus is beyond my area of expertise. I might comment, however, that I believe that getting one’s hair cut and trimming one’s beard can be, in some cases, comparable to the sin of getting a tattoo. On the other hand, head and facial hair grows back and therefore does not blemish a man’s appearance for life. Consequently, if a man gets a haircut or trims his beard with the wrong motive in his heart and mind but subsequently repents of his sin, he doesn’t have to walk around the rest of is life with a bag over his head!

Crujir posted a link to an article that discusses Leviticus 19:28 and the verses preceding and following it:

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!

 

[ernest_theweedwhackerguy]

Perhaps you have not noticed that so far in this thread I have not said anything about the Old Testament and Leviticus 19:28 in particular. The reason why I haven’t is that the entire nineteenth chapter of Leviticus poses even for the Old Testament scholar a host of difficulties, and, since I am not an Old Testament scholar, the nineteenth chapter of Leviticus is beyond my area of expertise. I might comment, however, that I believe that getting one’s hair cut and trimming one’s beard can be, in some cases, comparable to the sin of getting a tattoo. On the other hand, head and facial hair grows back and therefore does not blemish a man’s appearance for life. Consequently, if a man gets a haircut or trims his beard with the wrong motive in his heart and mind but subsequently repents of his sin, he doesn’t have to walk around the rest of is life with a bag over his head!

Crujir posted a link to an article that discusses Leviticus 19:28 and the verses preceding and following it:

Quick question...

[FONT=Arial, helvetica]"Clearly, there it is. "Ye shall not. . .print any marks upon you. . ."

What do the dots replace?
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[PETE_]

Quick question...

[FONT=Arial, helvetica]"Clearly, there it is. "Ye shall not. . .print any marks upon you. . ."

What do the dots replace?
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27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. Do not prostitutec thy daughter, to cause her to be a harlot; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. http://christianforums.com/showthread.php?p=42968035#_ftn2
Le 19:27-29

These prohibitions seem to relate to pagan religious customs which should be avoided, including pagan mourning rites, cultic prostitution, and necromancy

 

[TwinCrier]

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!

Yes, very informative. I especially enjoyed the part about the health issues: http://www.biblebelievers.com/watkins_tattoos/health.html
Tattoos are like graffiti for the body. No matter how pretty you try to make it look, it's still going to devalue the property, and a Christian should view their body as belonging to the Lord. Also I notice that people who seek tattoos are the ones who can least afford them. There is something so wrong about getting tattoos, lottery tickets and cigarettes when your children must get food stamps to eat. Tattoos are a regretful thing.

 

[PETE_]

The Sistene Chapel was not devalued by Michealangelo's graffiti.

 

[holyrokker]

...it's still going to devalue the property, and a Christian should view their body as belonging to the Lord.

This could be said about a variety of things, including overeating, or eating things that can harm the body.

Breathing polluted air can do that, too.

Tattoos, on the otherhand, don't damage the body.

 

[Sword-In-Hand]

There is something so wrong about getting tattoos, lottery tickets and cigarettes when your children must get food stamps to eat.

This, I can agree with whole heartedly. It doesn't make sense in the least.

Tattoos are a regretful thing.

This, I disagree with wholeheartedly lol. Reason 1 is because I have tattoos and I don't regret any of them. Reason 2, some of the tats have been used as witnessing opportunities, since what I do have represents my beliefs.

Being a fitness and health nut, I'm more inclined to believe that the verse speaking about how are bodies are temples unto God speaks more about what we put "in" our bodies rather than "on". I wouldn't imagine God wants us to put all these unhealthy fats and sugars in our bodies or other things that corrupt physically us from within.

In my opinion, unless genetics is a problem, an overweight person or a lazy person would have no right to claim a tattoo wrong no more than I would have the right to tell them they were fat.

 

[ernest_theweedwhackerguy]

The Sistene Chapel was not devalued by Michealangelo's graffiti.

Amazing point!

Why is it fine for churches, the claimed "House of God" to have artwork on the walls, fancy golden crosses in the sanctuary, but yet it's against the whole bible if a person gets a tattoo?!

 

[shrewdsnake]

Amazing point!

Why is it fine for churches, the claimed "House of God" to have artwork on the walls, fancy golden crosses in the sanctuary, but yet it's against the whole bible if a person gets a tattoo?!

I think you'll find most Baptist churches don't adorn their building or santuary. I have never been in one with anything more than scripture and missionary letters on the walls.

 

[ernest_theweedwhackerguy]

I think you'll find most Baptist churches don't adorn their building or santuary. I have never been in one with anything more than scripture and missionary letters on the walls.

I GO to a baptist church, and there are most definitely murals and paintings on the walls. Not in the sanctuary, but in the fellowship hall and classrooms.

 

[shrewdsnake]

I would assume you attend a Baptist church considering your icon and your posting in the forum as often as you do. I personally have yet to be in one like that. The churches I have been too feel adorning the building is frivolous. They all look nice just are not over decorated. At this point I'm bowing out of this thread. You seem to take my comment more personally than others.

 

[ernest_theweedwhackerguy]

I would assume you attend a Baptist church considering your icon and your posting in the forum as often as you do. I personally have yet to be in one like that. The churches I have been too feel adorning the building is frivolous. They all look nice just are not over decorated. At this point I'm bowing out of this thread. You seem to take my comment more personally than others.

No need for that. I'm not taking anything seriously, I'm just trying to put my point of view out in the public.

Like, I'm not saying that ALL Baptist churches are like that, but the one's I've went to have had various paintings and what not on their walls. But in the church where my parents are members, my sister and I are the ones that painted the murals on the pastor and his wife's asking.
Sorry if I came off the wrong way.

 

[ernest_theweedwhackerguy]

This thread is.... DEAD!!!

*sticks his rake through this thread and kills it*