Tattoos.

[MehGuy]

Personally, I do not have a problem with tattoos, despite not desiring to have any myself.

I do find women with a lot of tattoos to be hot. There is a sentiment that floats around in the manosphere that women with tattoos are gross and degenerates, but personally I don't really understand the aversion to them.

The only thing I can really think of is them not looking good with old saggy skin.. but at that point in your life.. it's like.. "who cares".. it's pretty much game over anyways, lol.

 

[jayem]

What is that? A smashed bat or frog?

I don't know what the heck it's supposed to be. But I do know it's crude, ugly, and doltish.

 

[Desk trauma]

If anyone must have a tatt, it should be in an inconspicuous location. I wonder if anyone tattooed on their face, neck, hands. or other obvious location can find employment in a lucrative profession, i.e., law, medicine, dentistry, engineering, or the upper echelons of business or education,

You can have all the tattoos you want wherever you want them and be in any of the very lucrative skilled trades.

 

[Pommer]

I don’t even like wearing shirts that “have a message” or tout a specific venue or product/sportsball team.
I decided in 1979 “no ink, no metal”.

 

[Tinker Grey]

I don't know what the heck it's supposed to be. But I do know it's crude, ugly, and doltish.

It's a goat. Once you see it, it hasn't aged that badly.

 

[public hermit]

I have a tat of Jesus on one arm and a Celtic cross on the other (among other tats).

I also have a Jesus tat. Although, I was at the beach and a younger fella thought it was the Zig Zag man. Kids these days. Mine has some color. I wish I had gone straight black ink.

 

[Lost4words]

I also have a Jesus tat. Although, I was at the beach and a younger fella thought it was the Zig Zag man. Kids these days. Mine has some color. I wish I had gone straight black ink.

Mine is black ink

 

[jayem]

You can have all the tattoos you want wherever you want them and be in any of the very lucrative skilled trades.

Someone might be a great plumber. But I wouldn't hire anyone with a swastika tattoo on his/her forehead.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord. - Leviticus 19:28

 

[Tigger45]

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[ViaCrucis]

Hola!
Surely previously discussed in CF but starting a new thread as I am always fascinated with other people’s point of view, advice, opinions....

Get one, don’t get one, why yes

That's entirely up to the individual.

Why not, does the Bible specifically talk about it.

Go! (please and thank you )

L4H

In one of the Levitical codes marking the flesh for the purpose of engaging in pagan practice and worship is condemned. Discussing theology and biblical interpretation isn't permitted here. So that's all I'll say about that.

What I will say, however, is that the oldest still in operation tattoo parlor in the world is a Christian tattoo parlor in Jerusalem that has been giving tattoos to Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land for the last 700 years.

-CryptoLutheran

 

[Ophiolite]

I will say, from my perspective...just as how we dress and how we behave, what we say and how we treat others. It all depends on the intent.

For example, my reason for a small tattoo on my shoulder or wrist would be a reminder of the fear and love I have for the Lord. A little cross. A short meaningful Bible verse.
Something along those lines.

A secular example of that would be the cast of the Lord of the Rings, some of whom, at the end of filming got a small commerative tatoo. That seems a modest and reasonable thing to do. Beyond that I find my reaction to tatoos moving from disinterest to distaste as the body area occupied by them increases. That's purely personal and if an adult wants to decorate their body it's their business, but it not for me. And given there permanence I hope all who are considering them think long and hard, and take heed of @jayem's comments.

 

[Page Poet]

Tatoos are permanent markings like livestock get. Tatoos despoil God's creation. Best not to have any for any reason.

 

[Tinker Grey]

Tatoos are permanent markings like livestock get. Tatoos despoil God's creation. Best not to have any for any reason.

Wrong.

 

[Page Poet]

Wrong.

You must be tatooed. The trend came from the mass manufacturers of trends. You didn't invent it.

 

[Tinker Grey]

You must be tatooed. The trend came from the mass manufacturers of trends. You didn't invent it.

Also wrong

 

[comana]

Tatoos are permanent markings like livestock get. Tatoos despoil God's creation. Best not to have any for any reason.

Tattooing is an art form. Like all art, some are garbage and some are masterpieces. Participation is optional.

 

[ViaCrucis]

Tatoos are permanent markings like livestock get. Tatoos despoil God's creation. Best not to have any for any reason.

One might point out that talking about livestock isn't exactly the diss against tattoos that one might think; as livestock language is rather plentiful in the Bible, written by people from a pastoralist society; and where the people of God are frequently described as sheep and their Lord as the Shepherd. From Psalm 23's "YHWH is my Shepherd, I lack nothing" all the way to Jesus saying " I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep." in John 10. Or, for example, where Jesus turns to Peter and says, "feed My lambs ... tend My sheep".

One might also take note of the language of markings described positively in the Bible, such as in Deuteronomy 6 where the Torah is to be the mark of the people between their eyes and on their right hand. Or Paul in Ephesians 1 saying the Church is sealed with the Holy Spirit. Or John in the Apocalypse seeing a vision of God's people marked on their forehead with God's seal.

From these things one can actually make a rather potent argument that some tattoos--religious tattoos--literally mark the flesh as the property of Christ. That is certainly how the Faithful in Egypt have understood it for hundreds of years.

The Story Behind the Coptic Cross Tattoo

Drawn with grace and simplicity, the Coptic cross tattoo tells stories of faith, resistance, and tradition, worldwide, but particularly in Egypt. Modern-day tattoos are celebrated and ad

egyptianstreets.com

-CryptoLutheran

 

[Page Poet]

One might point out that talking about livestock isn't exactly the diss against tattoos that one might think; as livestock language is rather plentiful in the Bible, written by people from a pastoralist society; and where the people of God are frequently described as sheep and their Lord as the Shepherd. From Psalm 23's "YHWH is my Shepherd, I lack nothing" all the way to Jesus saying " I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep." in John 10. Or, for example, where Jesus turns to Peter and says, "feed My lambs ... tend My sheep".

One might also take note of the language of markings described positively in the Bible, such as in Deuteronomy 6 where the Torah is to be the mark of the people between their eyes and on their right hand. Or Paul in Ephesians 1 saying the Church is sealed with the Holy Spirit. Or John in the Apocalypse seeing a vision of God's people marked on their forehead with God's seal.

From these things one can actually make a rather potent argument that some tattoos--religious tattoos--literally mark the flesh as the property of Christ. That is certainly how the Faithful in Egypt have understood it for hundreds of years.

The Story Behind the Coptic Cross Tattoo

Drawn with grace and simplicity, the Coptic cross tattoo tells stories of faith, resistance, and tradition, worldwide, but particularly in Egypt. Modern-day tattoos are celebrated and ad

egyptianstreets.com

-CryptoLutheran

Livestock are property and the markings they receive are to mark them as their owner's property. I see tatoos on man or woman as a despoilation of God's creation.

 

[tampasteve]

I have several, all themed around Christianity in some fashion.