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POLL: In 2011 are you likely to visit a tattoo parlor?
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gideon3213
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Lev 19:28
8 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD. NKJV
This scripture forbids any one from getting tattoo's! If it were not for this command of God, I would have gotten some christian tattoos a long time ago.
8 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD. NKJV
This scripture forbids any one from getting tattoo's! If it were not for this command of God, I would have gotten some christian tattoos a long time ago.
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westtexas
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Lev. 19:27 The verse before it says "Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard" NIV
When's the last time you got a haircut?
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gideon3213
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all shaving does is illistrate our disobediance to the will of God: It does not negate the law of God in any way! You have to remember that just because a vast majorityof people are dis-obeying a moral law of God that that fact does not mean that the moral law that they are breaking is no longer valid! For example, if the vast majority of peole steal things, does that mean that the morale law that prohibits stealing is no longer in effect? or does it mean that the vast majority of people are breaking Gods moral standard and need to repent? the later is the reality! God never changes His moral laws in order to accomodate a sinful culture; Rather He tells a sinfull culture to repent and start obeying His moral laws! Or else He will severely punish them for their lack of conformity to His divine will! We see this with Noah and the flood, and Sodom and Gamorah, and Israel, etc.
have a great day.
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Alabaster
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No tattoo...never.
farouk
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Yes, I understand this.
The specific question was about visiting a tattoo parlor, whether on one's own to check it out or maybe being prepared to accompany a friend.
(I guess it's a similar, though not identical, question...)
l'Chante
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I have a tattoo. A big one. I didn’t get it to make a statement or anything. I just love flowers and I had some roses tattooed on my lower back. Nobody believes me when I tell them that I have a tattoo because I’m so conservative. :D Granted, I did get it before I gave my life to the Lord, and my 58 year old mother can’t let an opportunity go by to tell me that I scratched on the walls of the Lord’s temple, but I really like it. The artist was very talented and did a great job.<O:p</O:p
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Will I get another? Nope.
Pain is not my friend, and the one I have really hurt a lot when I got it because I’m so thin and I don’t have much fat to buffer the needle. It felt like the needle was going straight into my bone. :shocked!<O:p</O:p
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Will I get another? Nope.
Pain is not my friend, and the one I have really hurt a lot when I got it because I’m so thin and I don’t have much fat to buffer the needle. It felt like the needle was going straight into my bone. :shocked!<O:p</O:p<O:p</O:p
farouk
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I have a tattoo. A big one. I didn’t get it to make a statement or anything. I just love flowers and I had some roses tattooed on my lower back. Nobody believes me when I tell them that I have a tattoo because I’m so conservative. :D Granted, I did get it before I gave my life to the Lord, and my 58 year old mother can’t let an opportunity go by to tell me that I scratched on the walls of the Lord’s temple, but I really like it. The artist was very talented and did a great job.<o>:p</o>:p
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Will I get another? Nope.
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l'Chante:
Sounds like your artistic taste is quite refined, and your placement too is well liked by many lady tattooees, I think.
I have heard of some professing Christians who see in roses a ref. to the Rose of Sharon, but anyway.
(So did you go to a parlor, maybe, or did a tattooist come to you, years ago, when you did it?)
PS: don't worry about your mom's initial surprise: it's not unusual for a mom who is surprised at first to get used to it, to get to like it and eventually go to the parlor herself for some ink in the end...)
farouk
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l'Chante:
Oh I wasn't asking your age...
And don't be surprised if your mom kind of mellows about your flower tattoo, as well.
(I myself regretted an oriental character on my arm, that soon faded, years ago...)
The poll (with multiple answers possible) kind of deals with various possibilities, such as visiting a parlor with a family member or friend, or just to check it out, too.
Bazz1040
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farouk
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FYI:
My OP said:
"Remember, too, folks, the potentials for faith related designs that tattooing can bring."
Bazz1040
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jasoncran
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A:
Yes, I understand this.
The specific question was about visiting a tattoo parlor, whether on one's own to check it out or maybe being prepared to accompany a friend.
(I guess it's a similar, though not identical, question...)
not to offend as we all have those favorite topics.
why tatoos and ear piercing?
farouk
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The OP said: "Remember, too, folks, the potentials for faith related designs that tattooing can bring."
Or, put in a different way, some people's main reason for getting a faith related tattoo is that they find it can be a point of conversation with other people. There are those who do not easily talk about faith matters who much more easily can be induced to talk about a faith related tattoo design.
(This thread isn't about earrings, although ear piercing is a Biblical subject - eg, re. bondservants; earrings and jewelry linked symbolically with imputed righteousness in parts of the Old Testament.)
Bazz1040
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Is using our body as a form of canvas the reason why God made it is another question? And the conversation can easily turn into non faith related tattooing, or just talking about that kind of tattoo but never get into the gospel at all. It can even turn some people off and give a negative impression on the individual. To me it would seem that it is just an excuse to get a tattoo.
farouk
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Okay so what about a young Christian man in a barrack room, who is determined not to be pushed around by non Christian fellow military personnel and wants to be a quiet testimony? or an earnest pastor's daughter who moves away to study and wants to communicate with other young women who are not easily communicated with?
If you feel you have a window on the souls and motivations of such people and can dismiss what might be in their hearts if they get faith related tattoos, I don't.
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Bazz1040
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A truly converted person does not need to put a tattoo on his or her body to be a light.......how that person lives IS a testimony. Jesus said, let your light shine before others and glorify our Father in Heaven. The Pharisees were hypocrites despite their outward religious appearance. If all a person has that show that they are a Christian is a tattoo, then it's just another worthless symbol of being religious.
farouk
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I agree with you in your use of the word 'all'. The inner reality is what counts.
At the same time, the inner reality for a faith related tattoo may be a motivation for some ppl.
For example, if a Christian lady's ex-bf was not a Christian, and her tattoo is of his name, 'Bill', she may be motivated to modify the tattoo to say, 'Bible' or something similar.
Like you say, it's the inner reality that counts.
handy
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I'm a "no, never" on tattoos, but that is because of who I am. I don't have anything against tattoos per se, and liken a faith based tattoo pretty much the same as faith jewelry, something that can get a conversational ball rolling.
My brother-in-law is part of a motorcycle gang. No, I don't mean club, I mean gang. There is a member of the gang whom they call Preacher who is a born again Christian ministering to those within the gang. He has many tattoos, as do my b-i-l and the rest of the gang.
Tattoos are just something that can work against you depending upon where you are at in life. If God places you on the corporate ladder and your primary "field" of witness is up and coming yuppie types, a tattoo might hinder that. But, if God places you as a minister to a motorcycle gang, or maybe on a pro-Basketball team, or some other place where tattoos are the norm, then I don't see a problem with it.
For me, going to 4 H and PTA meetings with all the Mormon moms, all tatted out? That would be more of an hindrance.
My brother-in-law is part of a motorcycle gang. No, I don't mean club, I mean gang. There is a member of the gang whom they call Preacher who is a born again Christian ministering to those within the gang. He has many tattoos, as do my b-i-l and the rest of the gang.
Tattoos are just something that can work against you depending upon where you are at in life. If God places you on the corporate ladder and your primary "field" of witness is up and coming yuppie types, a tattoo might hinder that. But, if God places you as a minister to a motorcycle gang, or maybe on a pro-Basketball team, or some other place where tattoos are the norm, then I don't see a problem with it.
For me, going to 4 H and PTA meetings with all the Mormon moms, all tatted out? That would be more of an hindrance.