your thoughts about tattoos

[ALEA40]

I don't like them for me but they can look good on others. I saw a recent tattoo on a friend's side that was scripture and it looked beautiful.

 

[faroukfarouk]

I don't like them for me but they can look good on others. I saw a recent tattoo on a friend's side that was scripture and it looked beautiful.

KEA44: Yes, they can look beautiful and for Christians seeking to testify they can be effective conversation-starters.

My wife and I were shopping recently and we got talking to a lady with a John 3.16 tattoo. She said it was her favorite Bible verse; and I'm sure many other occasions for witness have arisen as a result of her willingness to go under the needle.

 

[ForJesusChrist]

I agree. I am not against them per say, but I feel that God has given us clear evidence in the bible not to get them. Every time it comes up, people try and rule out the scriptures. They say tattoos are fine, even thought the bible clearly says:

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.

Very clear and to the point. You should not mark your body.

God made us is HIS image, and I don't know about you, but last time I looked God does not have tattoos.

God Bless



Sorry I just realized that this is the Fabulous Forties section, I won't post here again.

 

[faroukfarouk]

I agree. I am not against them per say, but I feel that God has given us clear evidence in the bible not to get them. Every time it comes up, people try and rule out the scriptures. They say tattoos are fine, even thought the bible clearly says:

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.

Very clear and to the point. You should not mark your body.

God made us is HIS image, and I don't know about you, but last time I looked God does not have tattoos.

God Bless



Sorry I just realized that this is the Fabulous Forties section, I won't post here again.

Is the context pagan necromancy? Interesting also that if it is prescriptive even for those under grace, not the Old Testament law , then the next verse says about not trimming the corners of one's beard.

Do preachers shave? (A good question to ask the next time someone uses the verse to try to police other people's tattoos.) If a preacher does shave, then he is really admitting that he is not under the law in the same sense that Old Testament Jews in the land were under the law.

 

[ALEA40]

KEA44: Yes, they can look beautiful and for Christians seeking to testify they can be effective conversation-starters.

My wife and I were shopping recently and we got talking to a lady with a John 3.16 tattoo. She said it was her favorite Bible verse; and I'm sure many other occasions for witness have arisen as a result of her willingness to go under the needle.

I had to go and check my friend's FB page for the verse. She has Jeremiah 29:11 on her side.

 

[faroukfarouk]

I had to go and check my friend's FB page for the verse. She has Jeremiah 29:11 on her side.

KEA44: This is a lovely verse for testimony, isn't it? '...thoughts of peace..to give you an expected end'.

Did you know your friend before she got tattooed?

Maybe she has mentioned to you opportunities she has had to tell people about the Lord, as a result of the tattoo.

Blessings to you and yours.

 

[ALEA40]

This is a lovely verse for testimony, isn't it?

Did you know your friend before she got tattooed?

Maybe she has mentioned to you opportunities she has had to tell people about the Lord, as a result of the tattoo.

Blessings to you and yours.

It is such a beautiful verse! I will have to ask her. It's funny how all of her pics of it she's in a bikini or some crazy tiny outfit. It must make for some interesting conversations!!!

 

[faroukfarouk]

It is such a beautiful verse! I will have to ask her. It's funny how all of her pics of it she's in a bikini or some crazy tiny outfit. It must make for some interesting conversations!!!

KEA44: As long as they are not too stringy, I don't particularly have a problem with bikinis; at least, the young women from our church who have used our backyard pool during the summer don't have a problem. But I'm getting off topic!

"I know the thoughts..etc.' Jeremiah 29.11

A good area for a testimony tattoo such as a Bible ref., or Christian fish sign <>< (ICHTHUS, for 'fish' in Greek also spells 'Jesus Christ Son of God Savior', I think) is arm or wrist or even foot area. Kind of areas where they are visible in everyday attire during the warmer months.

They are proven conversation-starters, anyway. They also seem to make sought after events for milestone birthdays such as 18, 21, 30 or 40 etc.

Blessings.

 

[faroukfarouk]

I think they are cool on other people,but would never get on myself.
I'm very afraid of needles.

sunshineforJesus: You could use a numbing agent such as DrNumb, etc. (Let me know if their website would be of interest.)

Blessings.

 

[faroukfarouk]

I don't mind them on others, although I have to say some of the more evil looking ones are too much. I just don't ever want any myself. To be honest alot of people want to be different so they get tattoos, and those without tattoos are the ones in the minority!

Rebecca Sue:

It sometimes certainly seems that way! What probably has made all the difference anyhow is the fact that women have already for quite a few years in a practical sense now thoroughly achieved tattoo equality (previously it was a man thing, mainly). Now apparently 59%-70% of parlor clients in North America are now female, and in some areas the proportion is higher, according to parlor surveys. I think particularly because women of all ages and walks of life now get tattooed with complete confidence, Christian women, who do it, often have an added motivation: for the sake of a God honoring design as a witness.

(Two cents'.)

Blessings.

 

[staceylee67]

I think they are fine if they are not gross or evil. I have seen some nasty and disgusting tattoos as an RN who see's lots of SKIN. If one thinks long and hard about it, and it is well done, why not?

 

[Rajni]

Am I the only person left alive the can't stand the things?

I don’t mind them. I personally wouldn’t get one, unless it was in the
permanent-makeup category, to restore my sparse-to-nonexistent eyebrows
so that I don't have to fill them in every day.

Ironically, tattoos seem so commonplace now that whatever uniqueness
they were meant to accomplish is somewhat diminished. It’s reaching the
point where one could make just as much of a statement through the
marked (pardon the pun) absence of any tattoos on their bodies.


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[bill5]

Am I the only person left alive the can't stand the things?

Hardly. It absolutely amazes (and frankly disgusts) me that these have become considered "normal," along with getting God knows what pierced etc etc. barf. A sign IMO of how far our society has fallen in its standards. Sorry to anyone who has/likes them; I'm sure there are things I like you couldn't stand too...to each their own and all that. Just my two cents

 

[bill5]

If one thinks long and hard about it, and it is well done, why not?

Because there's no such thing as "well done."

I don't like them for me but they can look good on others.

No, not really.

I think some people go way overboard & they look ridiculous on some people (cubicle workers that have no .mil background & baristas)

I have a couple that don't show when I am dressed in professional (and 9/10ths of casual) attire and I don't buy the OT prohibitions, I just think they look silly on non-warrior caste/ non-sailor/ non-1% er or other real biker/ non-prostitutes. If a person doesn't fit into one of those categories, tattoos come off like the office workers that put on clean black leather on the weekends and trailer their Harleys to bike rallies. Leathers should be covered in dead bugs & dust, Rallies should be ridden to and tattoos should be earned not put on to create an "edgy wannabe hip" image.

Somebody else gets it. Thank you. That is, sadly, what it's all about for most: being "hip." Hey everyone else is doing, it, it's cool, it's hip, I better do it no matter what! Pathetic frankly. Oh well

So glad I did not give in to peer pressure.

Stand tall, you are a rare breed.

 

[Andry]

The OT does not say that tattoos are prohibited. The verse that is always (mis)quoted is referring to pagan customs of cutting or marking one's body during rituals for the dead. The offense was in the worship of pagan gods and idols rather than the worship of God. The same passage (Lev 19:27) forbids the cutting of hair on the head or cutting beards. Do all of you who claim Lev 19:28 as forbidding tattoos, have hair and beards down to your ankles?? I didn't think so. You love to cherry pick little bits and pieces of the Old Law! Regardless, we are not under the Mosaic Law anymore, we are under the New Covenant of grace by the blood of Christ.

Did any of you know that some Hebrews used to mark themselves for God? Isaiah 44:5 Some will say, 'I belong to the LORD'; others will call themselves by the name of Jacob; still others will write on their hand, 'The LORD's,' and will take the name Israel.

And before you think that this refers to some temporary "writing" as with a pen and ink, something that would just be there for an hour and then rub or wash off, think again.

First century scholar Procopius observed firsthand that Christians were marking themselves: "Because many marked their wrists or their arms with the sign of the cross, or with the name of Christ."

And the JFB commentary on Isaiah 44:5 clarifies even further: "...alluding to the puncture with ink on the hand, whereby a soldier marked himself as bound to his commander; and whereby the Christians used to mark themselves with the name of Christ."

Great post! Not one has been able to scripturally debate that...just a bunch of I feel or I believes...

The Coptic Christians in Egypt tattoo a Coptic cross on their wrists from what was originally a mark of shame to one that testifies to their faith.

I have one on my forearm, that I promised myself to "earn" it after running my first marathon. It's a verse from Luke 1:38.

 

[staceylee67]

""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"-------- Said the woman with pierced ears. HA. The irony. Or is it hypocrisy?

 

[Andry]

""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"-------- Said the woman with pierced ears. HA. The irony. Or is it hypocrisy?

Not at all. It's simply a misunderstanding of Scripture.

 

[staceylee67]

Sorry Andry-- what I meant was that a lady who quotes that scripture had pierced ears- which would or could be cutting of the flesh.

 

[Andry]

Oh, NP stacey, I wasn't accusing you! Thanks for clarifying.

 

[prov1810]

I'm heavily tattooed on both arms, one hand, and I'm going to get the other hand done. I've crossed the line from getting tattoos to body modification.

Tattoos say nothing about you as a person. They are literally superficial. To me it's just art for art's sake. The purpose of tattooing is tattooing.

No one gives me a hard time about them. You can feel the difference between a curious stare and a hostile stare. I'm glad there's more acceptance in the culture for tattoos, and this isn't a moral decline because it isn't a moral issue.